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§1 Plant

Eleocharis acicularis (L.) Roem. & Schult.

vernacular needle spikerush — species · Cyperaceae

USDA
ELAC
GBIF
2717570
Rank
species
needle spikerush (Eleocharis acicularis)
Platephotograph · Věra KafkováCC BY-NC source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Graminoid
Duration
Annual, Perennial
Group
Monocot
Family
Cyperaceae Juss.
Genus
Eleocharis
§2a

Native status, by region

  • AK Alaska Native
  • CAN Canada Native
  • GL Greenland Native
  • L48 Lower 48 States Native
  • PB Pacific Basin (except Hawaii) Native
  • SPM St. Pierre & Miquelon Native
§2b

County-level range

· 1,014 counties across 48 states/territories
Legend Native · 1014 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation specs · USDA

Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.

§3a

Tolerances

Drought
Low
Shade
High
Moisture use
Medium
Fire
Medium
Salinity
Medium
Anaerobic
Medium
CaCO₃
Low
Hedging
None
§3b

Climate & soil

Cold tolerance
-23 °F minimum
Frost-free days
110 min.
Precipitation
14–50 in/yr
pH range
4.5–7
Root depth
10 in min.
Fertility need
Medium
Soil texture
medium, fine
§3c

Form & growth

Growth form
Rhizomatous
Growth rate
Moderate
Lifespan
Moderate
Mature height
0.7 ft
Porosity (summer)
Porous
Porosity (winter)
Porous
Flower colour
White
Fruit colour
Brown
Fire resistant
No
N fixation
None
Toxicity
None
§3d

Reproduction

Bloom period
Mid Summer
Seed abundance
Low
Seed begins
Summer
Seed ends
Fall
Spread rate
Slow
Stratify
Yes
Seeds / lb
900,000
Propagation
seed, bare root, sprigs
§3e

Use & availability

Commercial availability
Routinely Available
Nursery stock
No
Palatable, human
No
Lumber
No
Christmas tree
No

§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 1,014 counties across 48 states/territories.

Alabama view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Alaska view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Arizona view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 11 N ▾
California view state ↗ 44 N ▾
Colorado view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 2 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Idaho view state ↗ 17 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 48 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 26 N ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 36 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 28 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Maine view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 50 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 57 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 44 N ▾
Montana view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Nebraska view state ↗ 48 N ▾
Nevada view state ↗ 7 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 9 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 19 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 6 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 45 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 11 N ▾
North Dakota view state ↗ 31 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 35 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Oregon view state ↗ 25 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 50 N ▾
Rhode Island view state ↗ 3 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 2 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 23 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 20 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 23 N ▾
Utah view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 25 N ▾
Washington view state ↗ 18 N ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 19 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 66 N ▾
Wyoming view state ↗ 10 N ▾

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/ELAC ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/2717570 ↗

Record version

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