Index / Search / Eleocharis engelmannii
§1 Plant
Eleocharis engelmannii Steud.
vernacular Engelmann's spikerush — species · Cyperaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Duration
- Annual
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Cyperaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Eleocharis
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 335 counties across 27 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 335 counties across 27 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Arizona view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 18 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 56 N ▾
- Bond 17005
- Calhoun 17013
- Cass 17017
- Christian 17021
- Clark 17023
- Clinton 17027
- Coles 17029
- Cook 17031
- Crawford 17033
- DuPage 17043
- Edwards 17047
- Effingham 17049
- Fayette 17051
- Franklin 17055
- Greene 17061
- Hancock 17067
- Hardin 17069
- Henderson 17071
- Iroquois 17075
- Jackson 17077
- Jefferson 17081
- Johnson 17087
- Kankakee 17091
- Lake 17097
- Lawrence 17101
- Lee 17103
- Macoupin 17117
- Mason 17125
- McHenry 17111
- McLean 17113
- Menard 17129
- Montgomery 17135
- Morgan 17137
- Moultrie 17139
- Peoria 17143
- Perry 17145
- Piatt 17147
- Pope 17151
- Pulaski 17153
- Richland 17159
- Rock Island 17161
- Saline 17165
- Sangamon 17167
- St. Clair 17163
- Stark 17175
- Tazewell 17179
- Union 17181
- Vermilion 17183
- Wabash 17185
- Warren 17187
- Washington 17189
- Wayne 17191
- White 17193
- Will 17197
- Williamson 17199
- Winnebago 17201
Indiana view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 44 N ▾
- Allen 20001
- Anderson 20003
- Atchison 20005
- Barton 20009
- Bourbon 20011
- Brown 20013
- Chautauqua 20019
- Cherokee 20021
- Clark 20025
- Clay 20027
- Cloud 20029
- Coffey 20031
- Cowley 20035
- Crawford 20037
- Dickinson 20041
- Douglas 20045
- Ellsworth 20053
- Franklin 20059
- Greenwood 20073
- Harper 20077
- Harvey 20079
- Haskell 20081
- Jackson 20085
- Johnson 20091
- Labette 20099
- Leavenworth 20103
- Linn 20107
- Lyon 20111
- McPherson 20113
- Miami 20121
- Montgomery 20125
- Morris 20127
- Neosho 20133
- Phillips 20147
- Pottawatomie 20149
- Pratt 20151
- Reno 20155
- Rice 20159
- Saline 20169
- Sedgwick 20173
- Washington 20201
- Wilson 20205
- Woodson 20207
- Wyandotte 20209
Kentucky view state ↗ 20 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Nebraska view state ↗ 28 N ▾
- Brown 31017
- Cass 31025
- Clay 31035
- Cuming 31039
- Fillmore 31059
- Franklin 31061
- Garfield 31071
- Hamilton 31081
- Holt 31089
- Kearney 31099
- Keya Paha 31103
- Lancaster 31109
- Nemaha 31127
- Nuckolls 31129
- Otoe 31131
- Perkins 31135
- Phelps 31137
- Richardson 31147
- Rock 31149
- Saline 31151
- Saunders 31155
- Seward 31159
- Sheridan 31161
- Sioux 31165
- Thayer 31169
- Washington 31177
- Webster 31181
- York 31185
New Jersey view state ↗ 1 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 7 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 5 N ▾
North Dakota view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 16 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 2 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 17 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 42 N ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Amherst 51009
- Arlington 51013
- Augusta 51015
- Brunswick 51025
- Buckingham 51029
- Charles City 51036
- Culpeper 51047
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Fluvanna 51065
- Frederick 51069
- Gloucester 51073
- Greensville 51081
- Hampton (city) 51650
- Hanover 51085
- Isle of Wight 51093
- James City 51095
- King and Queen 51097
- King George 51099
- King William 51101
- Loudoun 51107
- Louisa 51109
- Madison 51113
- Montgomery 51121
- New Kent 51127
- Newport News (city) 51700
- Northampton 51131
- Nottoway 51135
- Orange 51137
- Page 51139
- Powhatan 51145
- Prince George 51149
- Prince William 51153
- Rockingham 51165
- Shenandoah 51171
- Surry 51181
- Sussex 51183
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- Warren 51187
- York 51199
West Virginia view state ↗ 2 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/ELEN ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2716838 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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