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§1 Plant
Eleocharis compressa Sull. var. compressa
vernacular flatstem spikerush — variety · Cyperaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Cyperaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Eleocharis
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
County-level range
· 215 counties across 23 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 215 counties across 23 states/territories.
Arkansas view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Colorado view state ↗ 6 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 ↗ 8 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 2 N ▾
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 ↗ 19 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 3 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 1 N ▾
North Dakota view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 7 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/ELCOC2 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2716983 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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