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§1 Plant
Eleocharis elliptica Kunth
vernacular elliptic spikerush — species · 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
- SPM St. Pierre & Miquelon Native
County-level range
· 165 counties across 12 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 165 counties across 12 states/territories.
Illinois view state ↗ 26 N ▾
- Adams 17001
- Alexander 17003
- Cass 17017
- Champaign 17019
- Cook 17031
- Cumberland 17035
- Effingham 17049
- Gallatin 17059
- Henderson 17071
- Iroquois 17075
- Jackson 17077
- Kane 17089
- Kankakee 17091
- Lake 17097
- Lee 17103
- Massac 17127
- McHenry 17111
- Montgomery 17135
- Peoria 17143
- Pope 17151
- Richland 17159
- Stark 17175
- Wabash 17185
- Will 17197
- Williamson 17199
- Winnebago 17201
Indiana view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 40 N ▾
- Allegan 26005
- Alpena 26007
- Antrim 26009
- Bay 26017
- Benzie 26019
- Berrien 26021
- Charlevoix 26029
- Cheboygan 26031
- Chippewa 26033
- Crawford 26039
- Delta 26041
- Emmet 26047
- Grand Traverse 26055
- Houghton 26061
- Huron 26063
- Iosco 26069
- Jackson 26075
- Kalamazoo 26077
- Kalkaska 26079
- Kent 26081
- Keweenaw 26083
- Leelanau 26089
- Livingston 26093
- Luce 26095
- Mackinac 26097
- Manistee 26101
- Marquette 26103
- Mason 26105
- Missaukee 26113
- Monroe 26115
- Montmorency 26119
- Muskegon 26121
- Newaygo 26123
- Oakland 26125
- Ontonagon 26131
- Ottawa 26139
- Presque Isle 26141
- Schoolcraft 26153
- St. Clair 26147
- Washtenaw 26161
Missouri view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Montana view state ↗ 3 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 9 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 40 N ▾
- Albany 36001
- Bronx 36005
- Cattaraugus 36009
- Chenango 36017
- Clinton 36019
- Columbia 36021
- Delaware 36025
- Dutchess 36027
- Erie 36029
- Essex 36031
- Genesee 36037
- Greene 36039
- Hamilton 36041
- Herkimer 36043
- Jefferson 36045
- Lewis 36049
- Madison 36053
- Monroe 36055
- Nassau 36059
- New York 36061
- Niagara 36063
- Oneida 36065
- Onondaga 36067
- Orange 36071
- Oswego 36075
- Queens 36081
- Rensselaer 36083
- Richmond 36085
- Rockland 36087
- Saratoga 36091
- Schenectady 36093
- St. Lawrence 36089
- Suffolk 36103
- Sullivan 36105
- Tompkins 36109
- Ulster 36111
- Warren 36113
- Washington 36115
- Wayne 36117
- Westchester 36119
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 2 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/ELEL4 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2717152 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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