PLANTS Profile for Eleocharis pachycarpa (black sand spikerush)

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PLANTS Profile

Eleocharis pachycarpa Desv.
black sand spikerush

Symbol:

ELPA

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Cyperaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		I
PR		I

More Information:

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Eleocharis pachycarpa Desv.

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Native Status:
Eleocharis pachycarpa Desv.


View Distribution	Native Introduced

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (CA, NV), USA+ (PR)

Related Taxa:
Eleocharis pachycarpa Desv.

View 38 genera in Cyperaceae, 76 species in Eleocharis

Classification:
Eleocharis pachycarpa Desv.

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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 pachycarpa Desv. – black sand spikerush

Introduced Information:
Eleocharis pachycarpa Desv.

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:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]).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 pachycarpa Desv.

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Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Eleocharis pachycarpa Desv.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

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 40062.

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

Time Generated: 05/22/2013 02:49 PM CDT