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Eleocharis equisetoides (Elliot) Torr.
jointed spikesedge

       
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Photo of Eleocharis equisetoides (Elliot) Torr.
Robert H. Mohlenbrock. USDA SCS. 1991. Southern wetland flora: Field office guide to plant species. South National Technical Center, Fort Worth. Courtesy of USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute. Usage Requirements.
 
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Eleocharis equisetoides (Elliot) Torr.

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Synonyms:
Eleocharis equisetoides (Elliot) Torr.

  ELEL7 Eleocharis elliottii A. Dietr.
  SCEQ Scirpus equisetoides Elliot
 

Distribution:
Eleocharis equisetoides (Elliot) Torr.

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USA (AL, AR, CT, DE, FL, GA, IL, IN, LA, MA, MD, MI, MO, MS, NC, NJ, NY, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA, WI), CAN (ON)
 

Related Taxa:
Eleocharis equisetoides (Elliot) Torr.

View 36 genera in Cyperaceae, 76 species in Eleocharis
 

Classification:
Eleocharis equisetoides (Elliot) 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 equisetoides (Elliot) Torr. – jointed spikesedge
 

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Eleocharis equisetoides (Elliot) 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.

Connecticut:
horse-tail spike-rush              Endangered
Indiana:
horse-tail spikerush              Endangered
Maryland:
knotted spikerush              Endangered
New Jersey:
knotted spike-rush              Endangered
New York:
knotted spikerush              Threatened
Rhode Island:
horsetail spike-rush              Special Concern
Tennessee:
horse-tail spike-rush              Endangered
 

Wetland Indicator Status:
Eleocharis equisetoides (Elliot) Torr.

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 OBL OBL NO NO OBL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
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More Accounts and Images:
Eleocharis equisetoides (Elliot) Torr.

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

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 40042.

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 photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

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

 
 
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