Index / Search / Eleocharis geniculata
§1 Plant
Eleocharis geniculata (L.) Roem. & Schult.
vernacular Canada spikesedge — species · Cyperaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Duration
- Annual
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Cyperaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Eleocharis
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- HI Hawaii Introduced
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
- PB Pacific Basin (except Hawaii) Native
- PR Puerto Rico Native
- VI U.S. Virgin Islands Native
County-level range
· 149 counties across 18 states/territories§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 149 counties across 18 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Arizona view state ↗ 3 N ▾
California view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 40 N ▾
- Baker 12003
- Bay 12005
- Brevard 12009
- Broward 12011
- Charlotte 12015
- Citrus 12017
- Clay 12019
- Collier 12021
- Dixie 12029
- Duval 12031
- Escambia 12033
- Franklin 12037
- Glades 12043
- Gulf 12045
- Hendry 12051
- Hernando 12053
- Indian River 12061
- Lee 12071
- Levy 12075
- Manatee 12081
- Martin 12085
- Miami-Dade 12086
- Monroe 12087
- Nassau 12089
- Okeechobee 12093
- Orange 12095
- Osceola 12097
- Palm Beach 12099
- Pasco 12101
- Pinellas 12103
- Polk 12105
- Putnam 12107
- Santa Rosa 12113
- Sarasota 12115
- Seminole 12117
- St. Johns 12109
- Sumter 12119
- Taylor 12123
- Wakulla 12129
- Walton 12131
Georgia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Hawaii view state ↗ 2 I ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 2 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Puerto Rico view state ↗ 34 N ▾
- Aibonito 72009
- Anasco 72011
- Arecibo 72013
- Arroyo 72015
- Bayamon 72021
- Cabo Rojo 72023
- Caguas 72025
- Carolina 72031
- Catano 72033
- Cayey 72035
- Ceiba 72037
- Coamo 72043
- Dorado 72051
- Guanica 72055
- Guayama 72057
- Isabela 72071
- Lajas 72079
- Loiza 72087
- Manati 72091
- Maricao 72093
- Mayaguez 72097
- Morovis 72101
- Naguabo 72103
- Patillas 72109
- Quebradillas 72115
- Rio Grande 72119
- San Juan 72127
- San Sebastian 72131
- Toa Baja 72137
- Trujillo Alto 72139
- Vega Alta 72143
- Vega Baja 72145
- Vieques 72147
- Villalba 72149
South Carolina view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 39 N ▾
- Angelina 48005
- Bandera 48019
- Bell 48027
- Blanco 48031
- Brazos 48041
- Brewster 48043
- Burnet 48053
- Cameron 48061
- Comal 48091
- Cooke 48097
- DeWitt 48123
- Edwards 48137
- Hidalgo 48215
- Hudspeth 48229
- Kimble 48267
- Kleberg 48273
- Lampasas 48281
- Lavaca 48285
- Llano 48299
- Mason 48319
- McLennan 48309
- Medina 48325
- Nueces 48355
- Presidio 48377
- Reagan 48383
- Real 48385
- San Patricio 48409
- San Saba 48411
- Tarrant 48439
- Taylor 48441
- Terrell 48443
- Tom Green 48451
- Travis 48453
- Uvalde 48463
- Val Verde 48465
- Webb 48479
- Williamson 48491
- Zapata 48505
- Zavala 48507
U.S. Virgin Islands view state ↗ 3 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/ELGE ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2716850 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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