[The Sedge Family East of the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington]

Spikerushes East of the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington

The Genus Eleocharis

Common Spikerush, Creeping Spikerush: Eleocharis palustris (Synonyms: Eleocharis macrostachya, Eleocharis mamillata, Eleocharis palustris var.major, Eleocharis palustris var. palustris, Eleocharis smallii, Eleocharis uniglumis, Scirpus palustris)

Common Spikerush: Eleocharis palustris

Needle Spikerush: Eleocharis acicularis (Synonyms: Eleocharis acicularis var. acicularis, Eleocharis acicularis var. gracilescens, Eleocharis acicularis var. occidentalis, Eleocharis acicularis var. porcata, Eleocharis acicularis var. submersa, Scirpus acicularis)

Beautiful Spikerush, Delicate Spikerush: Eleocharis bella (Synonyms: Eleocharis acicularis var. bella, Eleocharis acicularis var. minima)

Bolander's Spikerush: Eleocharis bolanderi (Synonym: Eleocharis montevidensis var. bolanderi)

Bald Spikerush: Eleocharis erythropoda (Synonyms: Eleocharis calva, Scirpus glaucus, Trichophorum palustre var. calvum)

Blunt Spikerush, Ovoid Spikerush: Eleocharis obtusa (Synonyms: Eleocharis obtusa var. ellipsoidales, Eleocharis obtusa var. gigantea, Eleocharis obtusa var. jejuna, Eleocharis obtusa var. obtusa, Eleocharis obtusa var. peasei, Eleocharis ovata, Scirpus obtusus)

Ovate Spikerush, Ovoid Spikerush: Eleocharis ovata (Synonyms: Eleocharis obtusa var. ovata, Scirpus ovatus, Scirpus ovatus var. heuseri)

Common Spikerush, Creeping Spikerush: Eleocharis palustris (Synonyms: Eleocharis macrostachya, Eleocharis mamillata, Eleocharis palustris var.major, Eleocharis palustris var. palustris, Eleocharis smallii, Eleocharis uniglumis, Scirpus palustris)

Dwarf Spikerush, Little-head Spikerush: Eleocharis parvula (Synonyms: Eleocharis parvula var. parvula, Eleocharis pygmaea, Scirpus nanus, Scirpus parvulus)

Few-flowered Spikerush, Few-flowered Spike-rush: Eleocharis quinequeflora (Synonyms: Eleocharis fernaldii, Eleocharis pauciflora, Eleocharis pauciflora var. fernaldi, Eleocharis pauciflora var. pauciflora, Eleocharis pauciflora var. suksdorfiana, Eleocharis quinqueflora ssp. fernaldii, Scirpus pauciflorus)

Beaked Spikerush, Walking Sedge: Eleocharis rostellata (Synonyms: Eleocharis rostellata var. congdonii, Eleocharis rostellata var. occidentalis, Scirpus rostellatus)

Beaked Spikerush, Suksdorf's Spikerush: Eleocharis suksdorfiana (Synonym: Eleocharis pauciflora var. suksdorfiana, Eleocharis quinqueflora, Eleocharis quinqueflora ssp. suksdorfiana, Eleocharis quinqueflora var. suksdorfiana)


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