PLANTS Profile for Eleocharis atropurpurea (purple spikerush)

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Eleocharis atropurpurea (Retz.) J. Presl & C. Presl
purple spikerush

Symbol:

ELAT

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Cyperaceae

Duration:

Annual

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Line Drawing of Eleocharis atropurpurea (Retz.) J. Presl & C. Presl

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 1: 312. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Eleocharis atropurpurea (Retz.) J. Presl & C. Presl

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Synonyms:
Eleocharis atropurpurea (Retz.) J. Presl & C. Presl

	ELMU4	Eleocharis multiflora Chapm.
	SCAT5	Scirpus atropurpureus Retz.

Distribution:
Eleocharis atropurpurea (Retz.) J. Presl & C. Presl


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USA (AL, CA, CO, FL, GA, IA, KS, LA, MI, MO, MT, NC, NE, NM, NV, SC, TX, VA, WA), CAN (BC)

Related Taxa:
Eleocharis atropurpurea (Retz.) J. Presl & C. Presl

View 37 genera in Cyperaceae, 76 species in Eleocharis

Classification:
Eleocharis atropurpurea (Retz.) J. Presl & C. Presl

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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 atropurpurea (Retz.) J. Presl & C. Presl – purple spikerush

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Eleocharis atropurpurea (Retz.) J. Presl & C. Presl

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:
purple spike-rush		Endangered
Washington:
purple spike-rush		Possibly Extirpated

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Eleocharis atropurpurea (Retz.) J. Presl & C. Presl

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

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Reg. 5

Reg. 6

Reg. 7

Reg. 8

Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FACW,OBL

FACW

FACW+

FACW

FACW+

OBL

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Eleocharis atropurpurea (Retz.) J. Presl & C. Presl

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 species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 40027.

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).

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