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Eleocharis engelmannii Steud.
Engelmann's spikerush

       
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Line Drawing of Eleocharis engelmannii Steud.
Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 314. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.
 
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Eleocharis engelmannii Steud.

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Synonyms:
Eleocharis engelmannii Steud.

  ELENM Eleocharis engelmannii Steud. var. monticola (Fernald) Svens.
  ELENR Eleocharis engelmannii Steud. var. robusta Fernald
  ELMO7 Eleocharis monticola Fernald
  ELMOP Eleocharis monticola Fernald var. pallida H. St. John
  ELOBD Eleocharis obtusa (Willd.) Schult. var. detonsa (A. Gray) Drapalik & Mohlenbr.
  ELOBE Eleocharis obtusa (Willd.) Schult. var. engelmannii (Steud.) Gilly
  ELOVD Eleocharis ovata (Roth) Roem. & Schult. var. detonsa (A. Gray) Mohlenbr.
  ELOVE Eleocharis ovata (Roth) Roem. & Schult. var. engelmannii (Steud.) Britton
 

Distribution:
Eleocharis engelmannii Steud.

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USA (AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, ND, NE, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI, WV, WY), CAN (AB, BC, MB, ON, SK)
 

Related Taxa:
Eleocharis engelmannii Steud.

View 36 genera in Cyperaceae, 76 species in Eleocharis
 

Classification:
Eleocharis engelmannii Steud.

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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 engelmannii Steud. – Engelmann's spikerush
 

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Eleocharis engelmannii Steud.

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.

Maine:
Engelmann's spikerush              Possibly Extirpated
New York:
Engelmann's spikerush              Endangered
Ohio:
Engelmann's spikerush              Endangered
 

Wetland Indicator Status:
Eleocharis engelmannii Steud.

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,OBL FACW+ FACW FACW FACW NO FACW OBL* FACW OBL FACW+ NO NO NO
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More Accounts and Images:
Eleocharis engelmannii Steud.

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 502237.

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

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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