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Cyperaceae
Eleocharis

not marked as a favorite taxon Eleocharis minima Kunth. Common name: Small Spikerush. Phenology: Apr-Oct. Habitat: Pond margins, lakeshores, shallow water, wet depressions. Distribution: GA and FL west to TX; West Indies, Mexico, Central America, South America.

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Subgenus: Eleocharis. Section: Eleocharis. Series: Tenuissimae.

ID notes: This species is easily confused with E. baldwinii, among other spikerushes (see key, drawn from Smith et al. 2002). Specimens lacking annotation should be examined.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = ETx1, FNA23; = Eleocharis minima var. minima — POWO; < Eleocharis minima Kunth — K4, Mex, NS, Tx; ? Eleocharis uncialis Chapm. — S; Eleocharis minima Kunth. Basionym: Eleocharis minima Kunth 1837

Links to other floras: = Eleocharis minima - FNA23

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: OBL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Great Plains: OBL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)

Heliophily ⓘ: 9

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