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§1 Plant

Eleocharis acicularis (L.) Roem. & Schult. var. acicularis

vernacular needle spikerush — variety · Cyperaceae

USDA
ELACA
GBIF
7227002
Rank
variety
needle spikerush (Eleocharis acicularis var. 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
  • SPM St. Pierre & Miquelon Native
§2b

County-level range

· 14 counties across 2 states/territories
Legend Native · 14 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation

No cultivation specs.

USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.

§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 14 counties across 2 states/territories.

Montana view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Rhode Island view state ↗ 3 N ▾

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

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

plants.usda.gov/ELACA ↗

GBIF Backbone

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

gbif.org/species/7227002 ↗

Record version

Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:

usda-plants-mt-2026-05-25

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