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§1 Plant — variety · Cyperaceae

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

vernacular common spikerush

USDA
ELPAP
GBIF
7227010
Rank
variety
common spikerush (Eleocharis palustris var. palustris)
Platephotograph · Matt LavinCC BY source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

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

Native status, by region

  • AK Alaska Native
  • CAN Canada Native
  • GL Greenland Native
  • HI Hawaii Introduced
  • L48 Lower 48 States Native
  • SPM St. Pierre & Miquelon Native

§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.

§4Montana distribution

Recorded in 20 of 56 Montana counties.

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

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

plants.usda.gov/ELPAP ↗

GBIF Backbone

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

gbif.org/species/7227010 ↗

Record version

Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:

usda-plants-mt-2026-05-25

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