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Eleocharis parvula (Roem. & Schult.) Link ex Bluff, Nees & Schauer
dwarf spikerush

       
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Photo of Eleocharis parvula (Roem. & Schult.) Link ex Bluff, Nees & Schauer
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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Synonyms:
Eleocharis parvula (Roem. & Schult.) Link ex Bluff, Nees & Schauer

  CHME11 Chaetocyperus membranacea Buckley
  ELCO6 Eleocharis coloradoensis (Britton) Gilly
  ELLE Eleocharis leptos (Steud.) Svens.
  ELLEC Eleocharis leptos (Steud.) Svens. var. coloradoensis (Britton) Svens.
  ELLEJ Eleocharis leptos (Steud.) Svens. var. johnstonii Svens.
  ELME2 Eleocharis membranacea (Buckley) Gilly
  ELPAA Eleocharis parvula (Roem. & Schult.) Link ex Bluff, Nees & Schauer var. anachaeta (Britton) Svens.
  ELPAC Eleocharis parvula (Roem. & Schult.) Link ex Bluff, Nees & Schauer var. coloradoensis (Britton) Beetle
  SCNA2 Scirpus nanus Spreng.
  SCNAA Scirpus nanus Spreng. var. anachaetus (Torr.) Britton
 

Distribution:
Eleocharis parvula (Roem. & Schult.) Link ex Bluff, Nees & Schauer

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USA (AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DE, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, KS, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, ND, NH, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI, WY), CAN (BC, LB, MB, NB, NF, NS, ON, PE, QC, SK), FRA (SPM)
 

Related Taxa:
Eleocharis parvula (Roem. & Schult.) Link ex Bluff, Nees & Schauer

View 36 genera in Cyperaceae, 76 species in Eleocharis
 

Classification:
Eleocharis parvula (Roem. & Schult.) Link ex Bluff, Nees & Schauer

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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 parvula (Roem. & Schult.) Link ex Bluff, Nees & Schauer – dwarf spikerush
 

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Eleocharis parvula (Roem. & Schult.) Link ex Bluff, Nees & Schauer

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.

Michigan:
dwarf spike-rush              Threatened
New Hampshire:
small spike-rush              Threatened
Ohio:
least spikerush              Endangered
Pennsylvania:
dwarf spike-rush              Endangered
 

Wetland Indicator Status:
Eleocharis parvula (Roem. & Schult.) Link ex Bluff, Nees & Schauer

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 OBL OBL OBL OBL OBL OBL OBL NO NO NO

Eleocharis coloradoensis:

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 NO NO OBL NO NO NO NO OBL OBL OBL NO NO NO
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More Accounts and Images:
Eleocharis parvula (Roem. & Schult.) Link ex Bluff, Nees & Schauer

View photographs from CalPhotos.

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 taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 40020.

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.

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

 
 
Time Generated: 09/23/2008 09:39 AM MDT