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Eleocharis quinqueflora (Hartmann) O. Schwarz
fewflower spikerush

       
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Photo of Eleocharis quinqueflora (Hartmann) O. Schwarz
Eleocharis pauciflora

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 quinqueflora (Hartmann) O. Schwarz

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Synonyms:
Eleocharis quinqueflora (Hartmann) O. Schwarz

  ELBE2 Eleocharis bernardina Munz & I.M. Johnst.
  ELPA6 Eleocharis pauciflora (Lightf.) Link
  ELPAB Eleocharis pauciflora (Lightf.) Link var. bernardina (Munz & I.M. Johnst.) Svens.
  ELPAF Eleocharis pauciflora (Lightf.) Link var. fernaldii Svens.
  ELQUF Eleocharis quinqueflora (Hartmann) O. Schwarz ssp. fernaldii (Svens.) Hultén
  ELQUB Eleocharis quinqueflora (Hartmann) O. Schwarz var. bernardina (Munz & I.M. Johnst.) S. González & P.M. Peterson
  SCPA15 Scirpus pauciflorus Lightf.
  SCQU4 Scirpus quinqueflorus Hartmann
 

Distribution:
Eleocharis quinqueflora (Hartmann) O. Schwarz

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USA (AK, AZ, CA, CO, IA, ID, IL, IN, MA, ME, MI, MN, MT, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OR, PA, SD, UT, VT, WA, WI, WY), CAN (AB, BC, LB, MB, NB, NF, NS, NT, ON, PE, QC, SK, YT), DEN (GL), FRA (SPM)
 

Related Taxa:
Eleocharis quinqueflora (Hartmann) O. Schwarz

View 36 genera in Cyperaceae, 76 species in Eleocharis
 

Classification:
Eleocharis quinqueflora (Hartmann) O. Schwarz

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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 quinqueflora (Hartmann) O. Schwarz – fewflower spikerush
 

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Eleocharis quinqueflora (Hartmann) O. Schwarz

This plant and 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.

Illinois:
Eleocharis pauciflora
few-flowered spike rush              Endangered
Maine:
few-flowered spikerush              Endangered
Massachusetts:
few-flowered spike-sedge              Endangered
New Hampshire:
Eleocharis pauciflora var. fernaldii
few-flowered spike-rush              Endangered
New Jersey:
Eleocharis pauciflora
few-flower spike-rush              Endangered
Ohio:
Eleocharis pauciflora
few-flowered spikerush              Threatened
Pennsylvania:
Eleocharis pauciflora var. fernaldii
few-flowered spike-rush              Endangered
Vermont:
Eleocharis pauciflora
few-flowered spikerush              Threatened
 

Wetland Indicator Status:
Eleocharis quinqueflora (Hartmann) O. Schwarz

Eleocharis bernardina:

Nat. Ind. Reg. 1 Reg. 2 Reg. 3 Reg. 4 Reg. 5 Reg. 6 Reg. 7 Reg. 8 Reg. 9 Reg. 0 Reg. A Reg. C Reg. H
FACW NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO FACW NO NO NO

Eleocharis pauciflora:

Nat. Ind. Reg. 1 Reg. 2 Reg. 3 Reg. 4 Reg. 5 Reg. 6 Reg. 7 Reg. 8 Reg. 9 Reg. 0 Reg. A Reg. C Reg. H
OBL OBL NO OBL OBL OBL NO OBL OBL OBL OBL OBL NO NO
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More Accounts and Images:
Eleocharis quinqueflora (Hartmann) O. Schwarz

View photographs from CalPhotos.

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 502240.

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

 
 
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