Eleocharis baldwinii (Torrey) Chapman. Baldwin’s Spikerush. Phen: May-Sep. Hab: Bogs, pools, acid impoundment shores. Often growing in dense mats in very wet, saturated sandy firelanes or disklines in fire-managed habitats or other somewhat-disturbed wet, acidic, sandy habitats. Dist: VA south to FL, west to AR and TX.

ID notes: Often proliferous.

Origin/Endemic status: Endemic

Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, C, ETx1, FNA23, GW1, K1, K3, K4, NcTx, RAB, Tx, Va, WH3; > Eleocharis baldwinii (Torr.) Chapm. – S; > Eleocharis capillacea Kunth – S, misapplied; > Eleocharis prolifera Torr. – S

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Wetland Indicator Status:

• Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: OBL
• Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: OBL
• Great Plains: FACW

Heliophily ⓘ: 8