Index / Search / Eleocharis palustris var. palustris

§1 Plant

Eleocharis palustris (L.) Roem. & Schult. var. palustris

vernacular common spikerush — variety · Cyperaceae


USDA
ELPAP
GBIF
7227010
Rank
variety
common spikerush (Eleocharis palustris var. palustris)
Platephotograph · Matt LavinCC BY source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Graminoid
Duration
Perennial
Group
Monocot
Family
Cyperaceae Juss.
Genus
Eleocharis
§2a

Native status, by region

  • AK Alaska Native
  • CAN Canada Native
  • GL Greenland Native
  • HI Hawaii Introduced
  • L48 Lower 48 States Native
  • SPM St. Pierre & Miquelon Native
§2b

County-level range

· 655 counties across 37 states/territories
Legend Native · 655 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 655 counties across 37 states/territories.

Alabama view state ↗ 2 N
Arizona view state ↗ 7 N
Arkansas view state ↗ 7 N
Colorado view state ↗ 41 N
Delaware view state ↗ 3 N
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N
Illinois view state ↗ 46 N
Indiana view state ↗ 28 N
Iowa view state ↗ 2 N
Kansas view state ↗ 29 N
Kentucky view state ↗ 19 N
Louisiana view state ↗ 12 N
Maryland view state ↗ 3 N
Massachusetts view state ↗ 13 N
Michigan view state ↗ 1 N
Minnesota view state ↗ 63 N
Mississippi view state ↗ 1 N
Missouri view state ↗ 66 N
Montana view state ↗ 20 N
Nebraska view state ↗ 2 N
New Hampshire view state ↗ 10 N
New Jersey view state ↗ 18 N
New Mexico view state ↗ 19 N
New York view state ↗ 4 N
North Carolina view state ↗ 2 N
North Dakota view state ↗ 13 N
Ohio view state ↗ 19 N
Oklahoma view state ↗ 3 N
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 47 N
Rhode Island view state ↗ 3 N
South Dakota view state ↗ 30 N
Tennessee view state ↗ 64 N
Texas view state ↗ 23 N
Vermont view state ↗ 1 N
Virginia view state ↗ 20 N
West Virginia view state ↗ 12 N
Wisconsin view state ↗ 1 N

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

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

plants.usda.gov/ELPAP ↗

GBIF Backbone

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

gbif.org/species/7227010 ↗

Record version

Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:

usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26

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