PLANTS Profile for Eleocharis tenuis (slender spikerush)

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Eleocharis tenuis (Willd.) Schult.
slender spikerush

Symbol:

ELTE

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Cyperaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Line Drawing of Eleocharis tenuis (Willd.) Schult.

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: 318. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Eleocharis tenuis (Willd.) Schult.

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Distribution:
Eleocharis tenuis (Willd.) Schult.


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Related Taxa:
Eleocharis tenuis (Willd.) Schult.

View 36 genera in Cyperaceae, 76 species in Eleocharis or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Distribution of Eleocharis tenuis (Willd.) Schult. var. pseudoptera (Weath. ex Svens.) Svens.. .

Eleocharis tenuis var. pseudoptera
slender spikerush

Distribution of Eleocharis tenuis (Willd.) Schult. var. tenuis. . Image Available.

Eleocharis tenuis var. tenuis
slender spikerush

Distribution of Eleocharis tenuis (Willd.) Schult. var. verrucosa (Svens.) Svens.. .

Eleocharis tenuis var. verrucosa
slender spikerush

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Eleocharis tenuis (Willd.) Schult.

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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 tenuis (Willd.) Schult. – slender spikerush

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Eleocharis tenuis (Willd.) Schult.

The related entities and synonyms italicized and indented below are 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.

New Jersey:
Eleocharis tenuis var. verrucosa
warty spike-rush		Endangered
New York:
Eleocharis elliptica var. pseudoptera [=ELTEP]
slender spikerush		Endangered
Pennsylvania:
Eleocharis tenuis var. verrucosa
slender spike-rush		Endangered

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 tenuis (Willd.) Schult.

Nat. Ind.

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More Accounts and Images:
Eleocharis tenuis (Willd.) Schult.

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

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 40070.

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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