PLANTS Profile for Eleocharis obtusa (blunt spikerush)

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PLANTS Profile

Eleocharis obtusa (Willd.) Schult.
blunt spikerush

Symbol:

ELOB2

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Cyperaceae

Duration:

Annual
Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		N
HI		N
CAN		N

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Photo of Eleocharis obtusa (Willd.) Schult.

Robert H. Mohlenbrock. USDA SCS. 1989. Midwest wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide to plant species. Midwest National Technical Center, Lincoln. Courtesy of USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute. Usage Requirements.

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Eleocharis obtusa (Willd.) Schult.

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Synonyms:
Eleocharis obtusa (Willd.) Schult.

ELOBE2	Eleocharis obtusa (Willd.) Schult. var. ellipsoidalis Fernald ex Svens.
ELOBG	Eleocharis obtusa (Willd.) Schult. var. gigantea (C.B. Clarke) Fernald
ELOBJ	Eleocharis obtusa (Willd.) Schult. var. jejuna Fernald
ELOBO2	Eleocharis obtusa (Willd.) Schult. var. obtusa	spikerush
ELOBP	Eleocharis obtusa (Willd.) Schult. var. peasei Svens.
ELOVO	Eleocharis ovata (Roth) Roem. & Schult. var. obtusa (Willd.) Kük.
SCOB3	Scirpus obtusus Willd.

Distribution:
Eleocharis obtusa (Willd.) Schult.


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USA (AL, AR, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV), CAN (BC, MB, NB, NS, ON, PE, QC)

Related Taxa:
Eleocharis obtusa (Willd.) Schult.

View 36 genera in Cyperaceae, 76 species in Eleocharis

Classification:
Eleocharis obtusa (Willd.) 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 obtusa (Willd.) Schult. – blunt spikerush

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Eleocharis obtusa (Willd.) Schult.

The synonyms italicized and indented below are 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.

Pennsylvania:
Eleocharis obtusa var. peasei
spike-rush		Endangered

Wetland Indicator Status:
Eleocharis obtusa (Willd.) Schult.

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

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Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

OBL

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Eleocharis obtusa (Willd.) 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 species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 40017.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

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

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View photographs and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

Related Web Sites:
Eleocharis obtusa (Willd.) Schult.

UC Davis, IPM: abstract & images

Time Generated: 09/25/2008 01:43 AM MDT