PLANTS Profile for Eleocharis mamillata (soft-stem spikerush)

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Eleocharis mamillata (Lindb. f.) Lindb. f.
soft-stem spikerush

Symbol:

ELMA15

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Cyperaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		N
AK		N
CAN		N

More Information:

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Eleocharis mamillata (Lindb. f.) Lindb. f.

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Synonyms:
Eleocharis mamillata (Lindb. f.) Lindb. f.

SCMA14

Scirpus mamillata Lindb. f.

Distribution:
Eleocharis mamillata (Lindb. f.) Lindb. f.


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USA (AK, MN, WA), CAN (AB, BC, NT, ON, QC, SK, YT)

Related Taxa:
Eleocharis mamillata (Lindb. f.) Lindb. f.

View 36 genera in Cyperaceae, 76 species in Eleocharis

Classification:
Eleocharis mamillata (Lindb. f.) Lindb. f.

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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 mamillata (Lindb. f.) Lindb. f. – soft-stem spikerush

Wetland Indicator Status:
Eleocharis mamillata (Lindb. f.) Lindb. f.

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. H

OBL

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Eleocharis mamillata (Lindb. f.) Lindb. f.

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

Time Generated: 10/31/2008 01:31 AM MDT