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§1 Plant

Eleocharis geniculata (L.) Roem. & Schult.

vernacular Canada spikesedge — species · Cyperaceae


USDA
ELGE
GBIF
2716850
Rank
species
Canada spikesedge (Eleocharis geniculata)
Platephotograph · no rights reservedCC0 · public domain source · iNaturalist ↗

§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
  • HI Hawaii Introduced
  • L48 Lower 48 States Native
  • PB Pacific Basin (except Hawaii) Native
  • PR Puerto Rico Native
  • VI U.S. Virgin Islands Native
§2b

County-level range

· 105 counties across 14 states/territories
Legend Native · 105 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§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 105 counties across 14 states/territories.

Alabama view state ↗ 2 N
Arizona view state ↗ 3 N
Florida view state ↗ 40 N
Georgia view state ↗ 1 N
Illinois view state ↗ 2 N
Indiana view state ↗ 4 N
Kansas view state ↗ 1 N
Louisiana view state ↗ 5 N
Michigan view state ↗ 2 N
New York view state ↗ 1 N
Oklahoma view state ↗ 3 N
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 1 N
South Carolina view state ↗ 1 N
Texas view state ↗ 39 N

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/ELGE ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/2716850 ↗

Record version

Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:

usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26

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