Index / Search / Eleocharis tenuis
§1 Plant
Eleocharis tenuis (Willd.) Schult.
vernacular slender spikerush — 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
· 554 counties across 29 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Low
- Shade
- High
- Moisture use
- Low
- Fire
- Medium
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- Medium
- CaCO₃
- Low
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -23 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 120 min.
- Precipitation
- 24–60 in/yr
- pH range
- 6.2–7
- Root depth
- 14 in min.
- Fertility need
- Medium
- Soil texture
- coarse, medium, fine
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Rhizomatous
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Lifespan
- Moderate
- Mature height
- 2.9 ft
- Foliage texture
- Fine
- Foliage colour
- Dark Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Moderate
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- Brown
- Fruit colour
- Green
- Fire resistant
- Yes
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Late Spring
- Seed abundance
- Medium
- Seed begins
- Spring
- Seed ends
- Fall
- Spread rate
- Moderate
- Stratify
- No
- Propagation
- seed, sprigs
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- No Known Source
- Nursery stock
- No
- Graze palatability
- Low
- Palatable, human
- No
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 554 counties across 29 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 23 N ▾
- Ashley 05003
- Baxter 05005
- Bradley 05011
- Conway 05029
- Craighead 05031
- Drew 05043
- Faulkner 05045
- Franklin 05047
- Grant 05053
- Howard 05061
- Jefferson 05069
- Little River 05081
- Logan 05083
- Lonoke 05085
- Nevada 05099
- Newton 05101
- Pope 05115
- Prairie 05117
- Pulaski 05119
- Sebastian 05131
- St. Francis 05123
- Washington 05143
- Yell 05149
Delaware view state ↗ 3 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 43 N ▾
- Bond 17005
- Cass 17017
- Champaign 17019
- Christian 17021
- Clark 17023
- Clay 17025
- Coles 17029
- Cook 17031
- Edgar 17045
- Edwards 17047
- Effingham 17049
- Fayette 17051
- Hamilton 17065
- Hancock 17067
- Henderson 17071
- Henry 17073
- Jackson 17077
- Jefferson 17081
- Kankakee 17091
- Lee 17103
- Livingston 17105
- Macon 17115
- Macoupin 17117
- Marion 17121
- Mason 17125
- Massac 17127
- McDonough 17109
- Menard 17129
- Monroe 17133
- Peoria 17143
- Perry 17145
- Pope 17151
- Pulaski 17153
- Saline 17165
- Scott 17171
- Shelby 17173
- Stark 17175
- Union 17181
- Vermilion 17183
- Wabash 17185
- Washington 17189
- Wayne 17191
- Williamson 17199
Indiana view state ↗ 18 N ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 46 N ▾
- Adair 21001
- Ballard 21007
- Bath 21011
- Bell 21013
- Bullitt 21029
- Carter 21043
- Casey 21045
- Clark 21049
- Clinton 21053
- Crittenden 21055
- Edmonson 21061
- Estill 21065
- Fleming 21069
- Franklin 21073
- Garrard 21079
- Grayson 21085
- Greenup 21089
- Hardin 21093
- Harlan 21095
- Harrison 21097
- Henry 21103
- Hickman 21105
- Jackson 21109
- Jefferson 21111
- Laurel 21125
- Lee 21129
- Leslie 21131
- Letcher 21133
- Lewis 21135
- Lincoln 21137
- Madison 21151
- McCreary 21147
- McLean 21149
- Meade 21163
- Menifee 21165
- Montgomery 21173
- Nelson 21179
- Perry 21193
- Pike 21195
- Powell 21197
- Pulaski 21199
- Robertson 21201
- Rockcastle 21203
- Rowan 21205
- Whitley 21235
- Wolfe 21237
Louisiana view state ↗ 17 N ▾
Maine view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 42 N ▾
- Adair 29001
- Audrain 29007
- Barton 29011
- Boone 29019
- Butler 29023
- Callaway 29027
- Carter 29035
- Cass 29037
- Clark 29045
- Dade 29057
- DeKalb 29063
- Dent 29065
- Henry 29083
- Howell 29091
- Iron 29093
- Jackson 29095
- Jasper 29097
- Johnson 29101
- Linn 29115
- Livingston 29117
- Macon 29121
- Monroe 29137
- Morgan 29141
- Newton 29145
- Oregon 29149
- Perry 29157
- Phelps 29161
- Pulaski 29169
- Randolph 29175
- Ripley 29181
- Saline 29195
- Scott 29201
- Shannon 29203
- Shelby 29205
- St. Clair 29185
- St. Francois 29187
- St. Louis 29189
- Ste. Genevieve 29186
- Sullivan 29211
- Texas 29215
- Vernon 29217
- Wayne 29223
Nebraska view state ↗ 4 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 10 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 19 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 10 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 45 N ▾
- Alleghany 37005
- Ashe 37009
- Avery 37011
- Beaufort 37013
- Brunswick 37019
- Burke 37023
- Caldwell 37027
- Catawba 37035
- Chatham 37037
- Cherokee 37039
- Clay 37043
- Craven 37049
- Dare 37055
- Davidson 37057
- Duplin 37061
- Durham 37063
- Forsyth 37067
- Gates 37073
- Graham 37075
- Greene 37079
- Guilford 37081
- Hertford 37091
- Hyde 37095
- Iredell 37097
- Lee 37105
- Lincoln 37109
- Martin 37117
- McDowell 37111
- Mecklenburg 37119
- Mitchell 37121
- Orange 37135
- Pamlico 37137
- Person 37145
- Polk 37149
- Rockingham 37157
- Rowan 37159
- Stokes 37169
- Surry 37171
- Tyrrell 37177
- Wake 37183
- Washington 37187
- Watauga 37189
- Wilkes 37193
- Yadkin 37197
- Yancey 37199
Ohio view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 52 N ▾
- Adams 42001
- Allegheny 42003
- Armstrong 42005
- Beaver 42007
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Blair 42013
- Bucks 42017
- Butler 42019
- Cambria 42021
- Cameron 42023
- Carbon 42025
- Centre 42027
- Chester 42029
- Clearfield 42033
- Clinton 42035
- Columbia 42037
- Cumberland 42041
- Dauphin 42043
- Delaware 42045
- Elk 42047
- Erie 42049
- Fayette 42051
- Franklin 42055
- Fulton 42057
- Huntingdon 42061
- Indiana 42063
- Juniata 42067
- Lackawanna 42069
- Lancaster 42071
- Lawrence 42073
- Lebanon 42075
- Lehigh 42077
- Luzerne 42079
- Lycoming 42081
- Mercer 42085
- Mifflin 42087
- Monroe 42089
- Montgomery 42091
- Northampton 42095
- Northumberland 42097
- Perry 42099
- Philadelphia 42101
- Pike 42103
- Schuylkill 42107
- Snyder 42109
- Somerset 42111
- Sullivan 42113
- Union 42119
- Wayne 42127
- Westmoreland 42129
- York 42133
Rhode Island view state ↗ 4 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 33 N ▾
- Bedford 47003
- Bledsoe 47007
- Bradley 47011
- Cannon 47015
- Cheatham 47021
- Coffee 47031
- Cumberland 47035
- Dickson 47043
- Fentress 47049
- Franklin 47051
- Grainger 47057
- Greene 47059
- Hardin 47071
- Henry 47079
- Johnson 47091
- Knox 47093
- Lawrence 47099
- Marion 47115
- Monroe 47123
- Montgomery 47125
- Moore 47127
- Morgan 47129
- Polk 47139
- Putnam 47141
- Robertson 47147
- Rutherford 47149
- Sequatchie 47153
- Sevier 47155
- Sullivan 47163
- Sumner 47165
- Unicoi 47171
- Van Buren 47175
- Warren 47177
Vermont view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 66 N ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Albemarle 51003
- Alleghany 51005
- Amelia 51007
- Amherst 51009
- Arlington 51013
- Augusta 51015
- Bath 51017
- Bland 51021
- Buckingham 51029
- Caroline 51033
- Carroll 51035
- Charles City 51036
- Charlotte 51037
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Chesterfield 51041
- Craig 51045
- Culpeper 51047
- Cumberland 51049
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Fluvanna 51065
- Frederick 51069
- Giles 51071
- Gloucester 51073
- Goochland 51075
- Grayson 51077
- Greene 51079
- Greensville 51081
- Hampton (city) 51650
- Hanover 51085
- Henrico 51087
- Highland 51091
- James City 51095
- King George 51099
- Lee 51105
- Loudoun 51107
- Louisa 51109
- Lunenburg 51111
- Madison 51113
- Mecklenburg 51117
- Middlesex 51119
- Nelson 51125
- Newport News (city) 51700
- Northumberland 51133
- Orange 51137
- Page 51139
- Powhatan 51145
- Prince George 51149
- Prince William 51153
- Pulaski 51155
- Rappahannock 51157
- Rockingham 51165
- Scott 51169
- Shenandoah 51171
- Smyth 51173
- Southampton 51175
- Spotsylvania 51177
- Stafford 51179
- Surry 51181
- Sussex 51183
- Tazewell 51185
- Wise 51195
- Wythe 51197
- York 51199
West Virginia view state ↗ 20 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/ELTE ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2717809 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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