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

Spikerushes West of the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington

The Genus Eleocharis

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)

Needle Spikerush: Eleocharis acicularis

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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)

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

Engelmann's Spikerush: Eleocharis engelmannii (Synonyms: Eleocharis engelmannii var. detonsa, Eleocharis engelmannii var. engelmannii, Eleocharis engelmannii var. monticola, Eleocharis engelmanii var. robusta, Eleocharis monticola, Eleocharis monticola var. leviseta, Eleocharis obtusa var. detonsa, Eleocharis obtusa var. engelmannii)

Bald Spikerush, Redfoot Spike-rush: Eleocharis erythropoda

Confusing Spikerush, Creeping Spikerush, Pale Spikerush: Eleocharis macrostachya (Synonyms: Eleocharis perlonga, Eleocharis xyridiformis)

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

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

Parish's Spikerush: Eleocharis parishii

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

Parish's Spikerush: Eleocharis parishii

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

Four-angled Spikerush: Eleocharis quadrangulata

Few-flowered Spikerush: Eleocharis quinqueflora (Synonyms: Eleocharis fernaldii, Eleocharis pauciflora, Eleocharis pauciflora var. fernaldii, Eleocharis pauciflora var. pauciflora, Eleocharis pauciflora var. suksdorfiana, Eleocharis quinqueflora ssp. fernaldii, Scirpus pauciflorus, Scirpus quinqueflorus)

Beaked Spikerush, Walking Sedge, Walking Spikerush: Eleocharis rostellata (Synonym: Scirpus rostellatus)


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