Vascular Plant Herbarium

Vascular Plant Database Genus Results

Category: Monocots
Family Name: Cyperaceae

Eleocharis - [maps | photos]

• Eleocharis acicularis (L.) Roemer & J.A. Schultes
  NWI TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: needle spike-rush

• Eleocharis bifida S.G. Smith
  Common Name: glade spike rush

• Eleocharis brittonii Svenson ex Small
  Common Name: Britton's spike-rush

• Eleocharis compressa Sull. (TN Special Concern)
  NWI TN: Facultative Wetland +
  Common Name: flatstem spike-rush
  Synonyms:
  

         • Eleocharis elliptica Kunth var. compressa (Sullivant) Drapalik & Mohlenbrock

• Eleocharis elliptica Kunth (TN Endangered)
  Common Name: elliptic spike-rush

• Eleocharis engelmannii Steud.
  NWI TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: Engelmann's spike-rush

• Eleocharis equisetoides (Ell.) Torr. (TN Endangered)
  NWI TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: jointed spike-sedge

• Eleocharis erythropoda Steud.
  NWI TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: red rooted spike-rush

• Eleocharis intermedia (Vahl) Roemer & J.A. Schultes (TN Endangered)
  NWI TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: intermediate spike-rush

• Eleocharis lanceolata Fern. (TN Special Concern)
  NWI TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: lance leaved spike-rush

• Eleocharis macrostachya Britt.
  Common Name: large spike-rush

• Eleocharis microcarpa Torrey var. filiculmis Torrey
  NWI TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: smallfruit spike-rush

• Eleocharis microcarpa Torrey var. microcarpa
  NWI TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: smallfruit spike-rush

• Eleocharis obtusa (Willd.) J.A. Schultes
  NWI TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: blunt spike-rush

• Eleocharis ovata (Roth) Roemer & J.A. Schultes
  Common Name: ovate spike-rush

• Eleocharis palustris (L.) Roemer & J.A. Schultes
  NWI TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: common spike-rush

• Eleocharis parvula (Roemer & J.A. Schultes) Link ex Bluff, Nees & Schauer
  NWI TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: dwarf spike-rush

• Eleocharis quadrangulata (Michx.) Roemer & J.A. Schultes
  NWI TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: smallfruit spike-rush

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

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

         • Eleocharis verrucosa (Svens.) L. Harms

• Eleocharis tortilis (Link) J.A. Schultes (TN Special Concern)
  NWI TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: twisted spike-rush

• Eleocharis tuberculosa (Michx.) Roemer & J.A. Schultes
  NWI TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: cone-cup spike-rush

• Eleocharis wolfii (A. Gray) A. Gray ex Britton (TN Endangered)
  NWI TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: Wolf's spike-rush

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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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