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Eleocharis albida Torrey. Common name: White Spikerush. Phenology: Jul-Sep. Habitat: Brackish tidal marshes, interdune swales and ponds. Distribution: MD south to s. FL, west to TX and n. Mexico (NLE, TAM); Bermuda.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy : = C, ETx1, F, FNA23, G, GW1, K1, K3, K4, Mex, RAB, S, Tat, Tx, Va, WH3; < Eleocharis obtusa (Willd.) Schult. – C, Svenson (1957)

Links to other floras: = Eleocharis albida - FNA23

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: OBL
  • Great Plains: OBL

Heliophily : 9

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