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§1 Plant
Eleocharis olivacea Torr.
vernacular bright green 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
- HI Hawaii Introduced
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
- PR Puerto Rico Native
County-level range
· 177 counties across 22 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 177 counties across 22 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 2 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Maine view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 24 N ▾
- Berrien 26021
- Calhoun 26025
- Cass 26027
- Cheboygan 26031
- Clinton 26037
- Houghton 26061
- Huron 26063
- Ingham 26065
- Jackson 26075
- Kalamazoo 26077
- Kent 26081
- Lake 26085
- Livingston 26093
- Manistee 26101
- Mason 26105
- Montcalm 26117
- Muskegon 26121
- Newaygo 26123
- Oakland 26125
- Oceana 26127
- Ottawa 26139
- Tuscola 26157
- Van Buren 26159
- Washtenaw 26161
Minnesota view state ↗ 5 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 6 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 6 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 26 N ▾
- Cayuga 36011
- Chenango 36017
- Clinton 36019
- Columbia 36021
- Dutchess 36027
- Erie 36029
- Essex 36031
- Franklin 36033
- Monroe 36055
- Nassau 36059
- Oneida 36065
- Orange 36071
- Oswego 36075
- Putnam 36079
- Queens 36081
- Rensselaer 36083
- Richmond 36085
- Saratoga 36091
- Seneca 36099
- St. Lawrence 36089
- Suffolk 36103
- Tioga 36107
- Warren 36113
- Washington 36115
- Wayne 36117
- Westchester 36119
Ohio view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Rhode Island view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 19 N ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Caroline 51033
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Essex 51057
- Fairfax 51059
- Hanover 51085
- Isle of Wight 51093
- James City 51095
- Lancaster 51103
- Northampton 51131
- Prince Edward 51147
- Richmond 51159
- Southampton 51175
- Spotsylvania 51177
- Stafford 51179
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Sussex 51183
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- York 51199
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/ELOL ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/7766369 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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