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Eleocharis confervoides
Eleocharis confervoides is a species of plant in the sedge family (Cyperaceae). It is a perennial, submerged, aquatic and deeply rooted herb. It is known by its common name Algal bulrush and has lots of synonyms. The species has worldwide but very spotty distribution and is native in many tropical and subtropical regions in America, Asia and Africa. It inhabits in water, usually in shallow or deep lakes and ponds. The plant has slender stem with many branches, the leaves float in the water and flowers are usually emergent over the water surface. Fruiting occurs in fall. The most occurrences of plant appear in April and frequency of occurrences is increasing the last years
The species, as the most species of Eleocharis, needs warm and wet climate to grow. It usually occurs in areas near the lakes or seasonally flooded areas. Specifically, it is a submerged aquatic grass growing in lakes. It has its roots in mud of the lake bottoms and is wholly submerged in 0.9-1.5 m of water. It can grow in any type of water; clear lakes, standing or running waters, swampy ponds. It prospers in very soft loose organic substrate into the water, and even in sandhill upland lake. It can also be found in open savanna, rarely in easterly savanna.
Needle spikerush · Sharp Spike Sedge · Purple spikerush · Glades spikerush · Bolander's spikerush · Eleocharis brassii · Eleocharis caespitosissima · Drooping Spikerush · Eleocharis dietrichiana · Chinese water chestnut · Jointed spikesedge · Bald spikerush
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Eleocharis confervoides by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
