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Cyperaceae
Eleocharis

not marked as a favorite taxon Eleocharis acicularis (Linnaeus) Roemer & J.A. Schultes. Common name: Needle Spikerush. Phenology: Jul-Sep. Habitat: Drawdown shores of lakes, ponds, and rivers, marshes, ditches. Distribution: Greenland, NL (Newfoundland), NU, and AK south to GA, TX, CA; Mexico, Central America, n. South America, Eurasia.

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Subgenus: Scirpidium. Section: Scirpidium.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, C, Can, ETx1, FNA23, G, GrPl, GW1, K4, Mex, Mi, Mo1, NcTx, NE, NY, Pa, POWO, RAB, S, Tat, Tn, Va, WH3; < Eleocharis acicularis (L.) Roem. & Schult. — Tx; > Eleocharis acicularis (L.) Roem. & Schult. var. acicularis — F, Il, NS; > Eleocharis acicularis (L.) Roem. & Schult. var. gracilescens Svenson — Il, NS; > Eleocharis acicularis (L.) Roem. & Schult. var. occidentalis Svenson; > Eleocharis acicularis (L.) Roem. & Schult. var. porcata S.G.Sm. — Il; > Eleocharis acicularis (L.) Roem. & Schult. var. submersa (Nilsson) Svenson — NS; > Eleocharis bella (Piper) Svenson — Il; Scirpus acicularis Linnaeus. Basionym: Scirpus acicularis L. 1753

Links to other floras: = Eleocharis acicularis - FNA23

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: OBL
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: OBL
  • Great Plains: FACW (name change)
  • Midwest: OBL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Northcentral & Northeast: OBL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)

Heliophily ⓘ: 9

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image #1 of Eleocharis acicularis© Gary P. Fleming | Original Image ⭷
image #2 of Eleocharis acicularis© Scott Ward | Original Image ⭷
image #3 of Eleocharis acicularis© Keith Bradley | Original Image ⭷
image #4 of Eleocharis acicularis© Erik Danielson source | Original Image ⭷
image #5 of Eleocharis acicularis© Keith Bradley | Original Image ⭷
image #7 of Eleocharis acicularis© Erik Danielson source | Original Image ⭷
image #8 of Eleocharis acicularis© Alan Weakley source | Original Image ⭷

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