Eleocharis equisetoides (Elliott) Torrey. Subgenus: Limnochloa. Section: Limnochloa. Common name: Horsetail Spikerush. Phenology: Jun-Sep. Habitat: Quiet waters of limesink (doline) ponds, natural lakes, borrow pits, ditches, artificial millponds. Distribution: MA south to c. peninsular FL, west to se. TX, AR, s. MO, and se. OK; also near the Great Lakes from NY west to MI, MO. Reported for OK (Buthod & Hoagland 2017).
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, C, Can, ETx1, F, FNA23, G, GW1, Il, K4, Mi, Mo1, NE, NS, NY, POWO, RAB, Tat, Tn, Tx, Va, WH3, Angelo, Rosen, & Lange (2020), Brunton, Campbell, & Reznicek (2018); < Eleocharis equisetoides (Elliott) Torr. — S; Scirpus equisetoides Elliott. Basionym: Scirpus equisetoides Elliott 1816
Links to other floras: = Eleocharis equisetoides - FNA23
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: OBL
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: OBL
- Great Plains: OBL
- Midwest: OBL
- Northcentral & Northeast: OBL
Heliophily ⓘ: 9
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