Index / Search / Eleocharis equisetoides
§1 Plant
Eleocharis equisetoides (Elliott) Torr.
vernacular jointed spikesedge — 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
· 101 counties across 21 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- None
- Shade
- High
- Moisture use
- High
- Fire
- High
- Salinity
- Low
- Anaerobic
- High
- CaCO₃
- Low
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -33 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 90 min.
- Precipitation
- 35–60 in/yr
- pH range
- 5–7
- Root depth
- 8 in min.
- Fertility need
- Low
- Soil texture
- coarse, medium, fine
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Bunch
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Lifespan
- Long
- Mature height
- 3.2 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
- Mid Summer
- Seed abundance
- Low
- Seed begins
- Summer
- Seed ends
- Fall
- Spread rate
- Slow
- Stratify
- No
- Propagation
- seed, sprigs, tubers
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- Routinely Available
- Nursery stock
- No
- Palatable, human
- No
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 101 counties across 21 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 22 N ▾
- Alachua 12001
- Escambia 12033
- Franklin 12037
- Gulf 12045
- Hernando 12053
- Highlands 12055
- Hillsborough 12057
- Holmes 12059
- Jefferson 12065
- Lake 12069
- Leon 12073
- Marion 12083
- Nassau 12089
- Okaloosa 12091
- Osceola 12097
- Pasco 12101
- Putnam 12107
- Santa Rosa 12113
- Sarasota 12115
- Wakulla 12129
- Walton 12131
- Washington 12133
Georgia view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Maryland view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 1 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 4 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 6 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Rhode Island view state ↗ 2 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 1 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/ELEQ ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2717545 ↗Record version
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