PLANTS Profile for Eleocharis tuberculosa (cone-cup spikerush)

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Eleocharis tuberculosa (Michx.) Roem. & Schult.
cone-cup spikerush

Symbol:

ELTU

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Cyperaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Line Drawing of Eleocharis tuberculosa (Michx.) Roem. & Schult.

Eleocharis simplex

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 316. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Eleocharis tuberculosa (Michx.) Roem. & Schult.

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Synonyms:
Eleocharis tuberculosa (Michx.) Roem. & Schult.

	ELSI7	Eleocharis simplex (Elliot) A. Dietr.
	ELTUP	Eleocharis tuberculosa (Michx.) Roem. & Schult. var. pubnicoensis Fernald
	SCTU6	Scirpus tuberculosa Michx.

Distribution:
Eleocharis tuberculosa (Michx.) Roem. & Schult.


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USA (AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, LA, MA, MD, ME, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA), CAN (NS)

Related Taxa:
Eleocharis tuberculosa (Michx.) Roem. & Schult.

View 36 genera in Cyperaceae, 76 species in Eleocharis

Classification:
Eleocharis tuberculosa (Michx.) Roem. & Schult.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Commelinidae
Order	Cyperales
Family	Cyperaceae – Sedge family
Genus	Eleocharis R. Br. – spikerush
Species	Eleocharis tuberculosa (Michx.) Roem. & Schult. – cone-cup spikerush

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Eleocharis tuberculosa (Michx.) Roem. & Schult.

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Maine:
long-tubercled spike-rush		Endangered
New Hampshire:
tubercled spike-rush		Endangered
New York:
long-tubercled spikerush		Threatened
Pennsylvania:
long-tubercled spike-rush		Extirpated

Wetland Indicator Status:
Eleocharis tuberculosa (Michx.) Roem. & Schult.

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

Reg. 2

Reg. 3

Reg. 4

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Reg. 8

Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FACW+,OBL

OBL

FACW+

OBL

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Eleocharis tuberculosa (Michx.) Roem. & Schult.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 40024.

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Time Generated: 10/21/2008 11:53 PM MDT