Vascular Plant Herbarium

Vascular Plant Database Common Name Results

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Common Name: slender spike-rush
Family Name: Cyperaceae

• Eleocharis tenuis (Willd.) J.A. Schultes var. pseudoptera (Weath.) Svenson
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: slender spike-rush
  Synonyms:
  

         • Eleocharis elliptica Kunth var. pseudoptera (Weatherby ex Svens.) L. Harms

• Eleocharis tenuis (Willd.) J.A. Schultes var. tenuis
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: slender spike-rush

• Eleocharis tenuis (Willd.) J.A. Schultes var. verrucosa (Svenson) Svenson
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: slender spike-rush
  Synonyms:
  

         • Eleocharis verrucosa (Svens.) L. Harms

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*Non-native taxon known to be naturalized in Tennessee

All names & statuses follow the Guide to the Vascular Plants of Tennessee (2015).
Click here for a description of rare, threatened, or endangered (RTE) status & National Wetland Indicator (NWI) status.

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