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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Eleocharis equisetoides
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
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Read more about Horsetail Spikerush at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eleocharis equisetoides
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-03-001:
Eleocharis equisetoides FAMILY Cyperaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Eleocharis equisetoides
COMMON NAME:
Horsetail Spikerush
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_eleq_002_lvd
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmeequisetoides_fs188
July
Spikes many-flowered, not wider than stem; stem knotted or jointed, per Field Guide to the Grasses, Sedges & Rushes of the US (Knobel, 1899) (Faust, 1977).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Eleocharis equisetoides
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eleocharis equisetoides
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-03-001:
Eleocharis equisetoides
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Eleocharis equisetoides
2430
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Habitat: Quiet waters of limesink (doline) ponds, natural lakes, borrow pits, ditches, artificial millponds, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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LEAVES:
Simple - leaves consist of bladeless sheaths
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Superior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Yellowish/Reddish
Nutlet
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