PLANTS Profile for Eleocharis rostellata (beaked spikerush)

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Eleocharis rostellata (Torr.) Torr.
beaked spikerush

Symbol:

ELRO2

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Cyperaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		N
PR		N
CAN		N

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Photo of Eleocharis rostellata (Torr.) Torr.

Robert H. Mohlenbrock. USDA NRCS. 1992. Western wetland flora: Field office guide to plant species. West Region, Sacramento. Courtesy of USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute. Usage Requirements.

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Eleocharis rostellata (Torr.) Torr.

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Synonyms:
Eleocharis rostellata (Torr.) Torr.

	ELROC	Eleocharis rostellata (Torr.) Torr. var. congdonii Jeps.
	ELROO	Eleocharis rostellata (Torr.) Torr. var. occidentalis S. Watson
	SCRO6	Scirpus rostellatus Torr.

Distribution:
Eleocharis rostellata (Torr.) Torr.


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USA (AL, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DE, FL, GA, ID, IL, IN, KS, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MT, NC, ND, NE, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI, WV, WY), USA+ (PR), CAN (BC, NS, ON)

Related Taxa:
Eleocharis rostellata (Torr.) Torr.

View 36 genera in Cyperaceae, 76 species in Eleocharis

Classification:
Eleocharis rostellata (Torr.) Torr.

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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 rostellata (Torr.) Torr. – beaked spikerush

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Eleocharis rostellata (Torr.) Torr.

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.

Florida:
beaked spikerush		Endangered
Illinois:
beaked spike rush		Threatened
Maine:
beaked spikerush		Possibly Extirpated
Minnesota:
beaked spike-rush		Threatened
Pennsylvania:
beaked spike-rush		Endangered
Rhode Island:
small-beaked spike-rush		Special Concern
Washington:
beaked spike-rush		Sensitive
Wisconsin:
beaked spikerush		Threatened

Wetland Indicator Status:
Eleocharis rostellata (Torr.) Torr.

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

OBL

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Eleocharis rostellata (Torr.) Torr.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account from USDA Forest Service Fire Effects Information System (FEIS).

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 40022.

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 species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Time Generated: 09/25/2008 08:03 AM MDT