PLANTS Profile for Eleocharis radicans (rooted spikerush)

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Eleocharis radicans (A. Dietr.) Kunth
rooted spikerush

Symbol:

ELRA

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Cyperaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		N
HI		I
PR		N

More Information:

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Eleocharis radicans (A. Dietr.) Kunth

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Synonyms:
Eleocharis radicans (A. Dietr.) Kunth

	ELACR	Eleocharis acicularis (L.) Roem. & Schult. var. radicans (A. Dietr.) Britton
	ELLI3	Eleocharis lindheimeri Svens.

Distribution:
Eleocharis radicans (A. Dietr.) Kunth


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AZ, CA, FL, HI, LA, MI, OK, TX, VA), USA+ (PR)

Related Taxa:
Eleocharis radicans (A. Dietr.) Kunth

View 36 genera in Cyperaceae, 76 species in Eleocharis

Classification:
Eleocharis radicans (A. Dietr.) Kunth

Click on a scientific name below to expand it in the PLANTS Classification Report.


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 radicans (A. Dietr.) Kunth – rooted spikerush

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Eleocharis radicans (A. Dietr.) Kunth

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:
spike-rush		Probably Extirpated

Introduced Information:
Eleocharis radicans (A. Dietr.) Kunth

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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Wetland Indicator Status:
Eleocharis radicans (A. Dietr.) Kunth

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Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Eleocharis radicans (A. Dietr.) Kunth

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 40065.

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

Time Generated: 10/10/2008 07:13 PM MDT