Characteristics
Eleocharis acicularis (L.) Roem. & Schult.
needle spike rush
Saturated or inundated fine grained soils in non-shaded habitats such as pond and stream edges. Also on wet roads, floating logs in ponds, and disturbed wet soils. It does best without much adjacent dense and tall herbaceous vegetation as in soils that are exposed when water levels become lower.
Herbaceous
Annual
Vascular
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Native
OBL (NWPL EMP)
OBL (NWPL NCNE)
S5 (State Rank)
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Classification
Monocots
Poales
Eleocharis acicularis (L.) Roem. & Schult. - needle spike rush
Citation
Eleocharis acicularis (L.) Roem. & Schult.
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Species Distribution Map
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