PLANTS Profile for Eleocharis ovata (ovate spikerush)

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Eleocharis ovata (Roth) Roem. & Schult.
ovate spikerush

Symbol:

ELOV

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Cyperaceae

Duration:

Annual

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		N
HI		N
CAN		N

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Photo of Eleocharis ovata (Roth) Roem. & Schult.

Robert H. Mohlenbrock. USDA NRCS. 1995. Northeast wetland flora: Field office guide to plant species. Northeast National Technical Center, Chester. Courtesy of USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute. Usage Requirements.

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Eleocharis ovata (Roth) Roem. & Schult.

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Synonyms:
Eleocharis ovata (Roth) Roem. & Schult.

	ELAN3	Eleocharis annua House
	ELOBH	Eleocharis obtusa (Willd.) Schult. var. heuseri Uechtr.
	ELOBO	Eleocharis obtusa (Willd.) Schult. var. ovata (Roth) Drapalik & Mohlenbr.
	SCOV3	Scirpus ovatus Roth

Distribution:
Eleocharis ovata (Roth) Roem. & Schult.


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USA (CT, HI, IA, IL, IN, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OR, PA, RI, VT, WA, WI), CAN (AB, BC, NB, NF, NS, ON, PE, QC)

Related Taxa:
Eleocharis ovata (Roth) Roem. & Schult.

View 36 genera in Cyperaceae, 76 species in Eleocharis

Classification:
Eleocharis ovata (Roth) 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 ovata (Roth) Roem. & Schult. – ovate spikerush

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Eleocharis ovata (Roth) Roem. & Schult.

This plant and synonym 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.

Massachusetts:
ovate spike-sedge		Endangered
New York:
Eleocharis obtusa var. ovata
blunt spikerush		Endangered
Ohio:
ovate spikerush		Endangered

Wetland Indicator Status:
Eleocharis ovata (Roth) Roem. & 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 ovata (Roth) Roem. & Schult.

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 40061.

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.

Time Generated: 10/04/2008 04:22 AM MDT