Group: Spermatophytina (Spermatophytes)
Family: Cyperaceae (Sedge family)
Genus: Eleocharis (Spikerush)
Eleocharis quinqueflora (Hartmann) O. Schwarz - Few-Flowered Spike-Rush
Eleocharis parvula (Roem. & Schult.) Bluff & al. - Dwarf Spike-Rush
Eleocharis multicaulis (Sm.) Desv. - Many-Stalked Spike-Rush
Eleocharis acicularis (L.) Roem. & Schult. - Needle Spike-Rush
Eleocharis ovata (Roth) Roem. & Schult. - Oval Spike-Rush
Eleocharis palustris (L.) R. Br. - Common Spike-Rush
Eleocharis mamillata (H. Lindb) H. Lindb. - Northern Spike-Rush
Eleocharis uniglumis (Link) Schult. - Slender Spike-Rush
15–50 cm tall, <ba>bunch-shaped</ba>. <span class="v1">spikelets:</span> 1 terminal, <b>15–35‑flowered</b>, <b>4–13 mm long</b>. <span class="v1">flowers:</span> ⚥. <span class="v1">tepal bristles:</span> present. <span class...
The colours represent the floristic status of the species in the respective region. Green indicates native occurrences, light green naturalized occurrences. Adventive occurrences are represented by light yellow shades and plants that are cultivated (but rarely occur in the wild) are dark yellow. Grey colours are used, if the floristic status of species is unknown or uncertain.
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The color intensity reflects the species' abundance
Data: Floristische Kartierung Deutschlands (Stand 2013), Bundesamt für Naturschutz (www.floraweb.de)
waters, riparian vegetation, mudflat vegetation, reedbeds, bogs, sedge-lands, extensively used or natural grassland, dwarf shrub heaths
in nutrient-poor, wet habitats