familyCyperaceae
genusEleocharis
subgenusEleocharis subg. Eleocharis
sectionEleocharis sect. Eleocharis
speciesEleocharis compressa
Eleocharis compressa var. compressa
Common names: Flat-stemmed spike-rush éléocharide comprimée
IllustratedEndemic
Culms compressed, 2–5 times as wide as thick, 0.5–1.8 mm wide. Distal leaf-sheaths without tooth. 2n = 24.
Phenology: Fruiting late spring–winter.
Habitat: Damp soil to shallow water of seasonally wet seeps and depressions in calcareous grasslands, meadows, limestone and dolomite barrens, glades, fens, ditches, waste places
Elevation: 0–2100 m
Distribution
Ont., Que., Ala., Ark., Colo., D.C., Ill., Ind., Iowa, Kans., Ky., Md., Mich., Minn., Miss., Mo., Nebr., N.Y., Ohio, Pa., S.Dak., Tenn., Va., W.Va., Wis.
Discussion
Selected References
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Lower Taxa
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falling +
terete;trigonous;biconvex +
0.4mm;2mm +
0.6mm;0.8mm +
yellow;orangebrown +
basifixed +
redbrown +
callose +
acute;acuminate +
colorless hyaline +
mostly longer than wide +
carinate +
persistent +
absent +
1;many +
2;3 +
internal +
persistent +
persistent +
amplexicaulous +
compressed +
spongy;firm;hard +
0.5mm;1.8mm +
2-5 times as wide as thick +
not splitting +
disintegrating +
persistent +
basal +
abundant +
coarse +
spreading +
medium +
single +
bisexual +
6;20;60 +
Damp soil to shallow water of seasonally wet seeps and depressions in calcareous grasslands, meadows, limestone and dolomite barrens, glades, fens, ditches, waste places +
Present +
pseudoumbel +
modified +
absent +
basal +
absent +
fused +
ovate +
flattened +
cancellate +
rugulose +
spinulose +
falling +
absent +
with (1-)3-6(-30) bristles and/or scales +
thin +
2-3(-4)-carpellate +
fused +
pistillate +
subtending +
stramineous;medium brown or red brown or blackish brown +
Amer. J. Sci. Arts +
1842 +
length +
absent +
evident +
caudex-like +
short to rather +
firm +
horizontal +
14;20 +
blunt +
adventitious +
fibrous +
empty +
arranged +
evident +
4;500 +
fertile +
2-keeled +
papery +
incomplete +
transverse +
vertical +
cylindric +
single +
ovoid +
2mm;4mm +
distinct +
papillate +
undivided +
Eleocharis compressa var. compressa +
Eleocharis compressa +
variety +
free +
thin +
absent +
brown +
distinct +
0.15mm;0.3mm +
rudimentary +
stoloniferous +
perennial +
proliferating +
5;100 +