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§1 Plant
Eleocharis compressa Sull.
vernacular flatstem spikerush — species · Cyperaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Cyperaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Eleocharis
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 301 counties across 25 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- None
- Shade
- High
- Moisture use
- High
- Fire
- High
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- Medium
- CaCO₃
- High
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -33 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 90 min.
- Precipitation
- 24–60 in/yr
- pH range
- 5.4–7
- Root depth
- 8 in min.
- Fertility need
- Medium
- Soil texture
- coarse, medium
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Rhizomatous
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Lifespan
- Long
- Mature height
- 2 ft
- Porosity (summer)
- Porous
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- Green
- Fruit colour
- Brown
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Early Summer
- Seed abundance
- Low
- Seed begins
- Summer
- Seed ends
- Fall
- Spread rate
- Slow
- Stratify
- No
- Seeds / lb
- 900,000
- Propagation
- seed, sprigs
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- No Known Source
- Nursery stock
- No
- Palatable, human
- No
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 301 counties across 25 states/territories.
Arkansas view state ↗ 3 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 35 N ▾
- Boone 17007
- Cass 17017
- Champaign 17019
- Coles 17029
- Cook 17031
- DeKalb 17037
- DuPage 17043
- Edgar 17045
- Ford 17053
- Grundy 17063
- Hardin 17069
- Henderson 17071
- Henry 17073
- Jackson 17077
- Jersey 17083
- Kane 17089
- Kankakee 17091
- Lake 17097
- Livingston 17105
- Macon 17115
- Macoupin 17117
- Mason 17125
- McHenry 17111
- Menard 17129
- Moultrie 17139
- Peoria 17143
- Perry 17145
- Piatt 17147
- Scott 17171
- Shelby 17173
- Stark 17175
- Vermilion 17183
- Will 17197
- Winnebago 17201
- Woodford 17203
Indiana view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 40 N ▾
- Allen 20001
- Anderson 20003
- Barton 20009
- Bourbon 20011
- Butler 20015
- Chase 20017
- Chautauqua 20019
- Cherokee 20021
- Cheyenne 20023
- Clay 20027
- Cowley 20035
- Dickinson 20041
- Douglas 20045
- Elk 20049
- Franklin 20059
- Geary 20061
- Gove 20063
- Greenwood 20073
- Hamilton 20075
- Harper 20077
- Kearny 20093
- Leavenworth 20103
- Linn 20107
- Lyon 20111
- Montgomery 20125
- Morris 20127
- Nemaha 20131
- Neosho 20133
- Osborne 20141
- Pottawatomie 20149
- Rawlins 20153
- Riley 20161
- Saline 20169
- Sedgwick 20173
- Sheridan 20179
- Sumner 20191
- Trego 20195
- Wabaunsee 20197
- Wichita 20203
- Woodson 20207
Kentucky view state ↗ 17 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Maryland view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 38 N ▾
- Anoka 27003
- Beltrami 27007
- Blue Earth 27013
- Carlton 27017
- Cass 27021
- Chippewa 27023
- Clay 27027
- Clearwater 27029
- Cottonwood 27033
- Dakota 27037
- Douglas 27041
- Freeborn 27047
- Goodhue 27049
- Jackson 27063
- Kittson 27069
- Koochiching 27071
- Lake of the Woods 27077
- Mahnomen 27087
- Marshall 27089
- Martin 27091
- McLeod 27085
- Morrison 27097
- Mower 27099
- Murray 27101
- Nicollet 27103
- Norman 27107
- Olmsted 27109
- Otter Tail 27111
- Pennington 27113
- Pipestone 27117
- Polk 27119
- Pope 27121
- Renville 27129
- Roseau 27135
- Sherburne 27141
- St. Louis 27137
- Stearns 27145
- Wilkin 27167
Missouri view state ↗ 28 N ▾
- Barry 29009
- Barton 29011
- Bates 29013
- Camden 29029
- Carroll 29033
- Carter 29035
- Crawford 29055
- Dade 29057
- Franklin 29071
- Greene 29077
- Howell 29091
- Iron 29093
- Jackson 29095
- Jasper 29097
- Jefferson 29099
- Laclede 29105
- Linn 29115
- Morgan 29141
- Nodaway 29147
- Oregon 29149
- Polk 29167
- Ray 29177
- Shannon 29203
- St. Clair 29185
- St. Louis 29189
- Stone 29209
- Taney 29213
- Washington 29221
Nebraska view state ↗ 20 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 3 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 1 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 1 N ▾
North Dakota view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 4 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 19 N ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 22 N ▾
- Adams 55001
- Brown 55009
- Columbia 55021
- Dane 55025
- Door 55029
- Douglas 55031
- Grant 55043
- Iowa 55049
- Jefferson 55055
- Kenosha 55059
- Marinette 55075
- Marquette 55077
- Milwaukee 55079
- Pepin 55091
- Racine 55101
- Rock 55105
- Trempealeau 55121
- Walworth 55127
- Waukesha 55133
- Waushara 55137
- Winnebago 55139
- Wood 55141
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/ELCO2 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2716981 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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