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Eleocharis
Also called Spike Rushes, Spikesedge, Spike Rush, Needle Grasses, Spikesedges, Spikerushes
Spikerush (Eleocharis) is a genus of more than 250 grass-like sedges found worldwide, mostly in marshes, pond edges and wet ground. Most grown members need constant moisture, and some can grow fully submerged in water.
Eleocharis is a virtually cosmopolitan genus of 250 or more species of flowering plants in the sedge family, Cyperaceae. The name is derived from the Greek words ἕλειος (heleios), meaning "marsh dweller," and χάρις (charis), meaning "grace." Members of the genus are known commonly as spikerushes or spikesedges. The genus has a geographically cosmopolitan distribution, with centers of diversity in the Amazon rainforest and adjacent eastern slopes of the South American Andes, northern Australia, eastern North America, California, Southern Africa, and subtropical Asia. The vast majority of Eleocharis species grow in aquatic or mesic habitats from sea level to higher than 5,000 meters in elevation (in the tropical Andes).
Needle spikerush · Purple spikerush · Glades spikerush · Chinese water chestnut · Yellow spikerush · Pale spikerush · Sand spikerush · Ovate spikerush · Common spikerush · Parish's spikerush · Fewflower spikerush · Beaked spikerush
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