Index / Search / Eleocharis elongata
§1 Plant
Eleocharis elongata Chapm.
vernacular slim 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
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 43 counties across 7 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 43 counties across 7 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 30 N ▾
- Alachua 12001
- Bay 12005
- Bradford 12007
- Brevard 12009
- Broward 12011
- Clay 12019
- Escambia 12033
- Franklin 12037
- Gulf 12045
- Hernando 12053
- Highlands 12055
- Hillsborough 12057
- Indian River 12061
- Jackson 12063
- Lake 12069
- Marion 12083
- Martin 12085
- Miami-Dade 12086
- Okaloosa 12091
- Palm Beach 12099
- Pasco 12101
- Pinellas 12103
- Polk 12105
- Putnam 12107
- Santa Rosa 12113
- Sarasota 12115
- Taylor 12123
- Wakulla 12129
- Walton 12131
- Washington 12133
Georgia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 3 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 2 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/ELEL2 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2716930 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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