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Label

Accession No. 05129 
Family Cyperaceae 
Species Eleocharis palustris (L.) Roem. & Schult.
Common name "common spikerush"
Collector Information R.L. Johnson  (714)  19 June 2001
Geography United States,  Utah, Tooele County
Lat./Long. 40°  1' 42" N, 113°  41 ' 31" W
Township/Range T9S, R16W, Sec. 19 at 4264 feet (1300 m) 
Locality small spring N of Redden Ranch, Dugway Proving Ground, saline meadow. 
Ecology saline meadow. 
Climate NCDC temperatures, daily high (red), daily average (green) and daily low (blue), from 1970 to 2000 at this location.   NCDC average monthly precipitation from 1970 to 2000 at this location.
Note Latitude and longitude were derived from township and range information and may be
inaccurate by as much as 0.7 miles (or 4.2 miles if the section is not given).

Taxonomy


Synonyms recognized by ITIS (bold taxon is currently accepted):

     Eleocharis palustris (L.) Roemer & J.A. Schultes
     Eleocharis calva var. australis (Nees) St. John
     Eleocharis macrostachya Britt.
     Eleocharis mamillata auct. non Lindb. f.
     Eleocharis palustris var. australis Nees
     Eleocharis palustris var. major Sonder
     Eleocharis palustris var. vigens Bailey
     Eleocharis perlonga Fern. & Brack.
     Eleocharis smallii Britt.
     Eleocharis smallii var. major (Sonder) Seymour
     Eleocharis xyridiformis Fern. & Brack.

Common Name(s): common spikerush, creeping spikerush, spikesedge.

Taxonomic Hierarchy: (ITIS TSN=40019, click for more information and references)

        Kingdom: Plantae
            Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
                Division: Magnoliophyta
                    Class: Liliopsida
                        Subclass: Commelinidae
                            Order: Cyperales
                                Family: Cyperaceae
                                    Genus: Eleocharis
                                        Species: Eleocharis palustris
                                                                                            

Images

Available images of this specimen (click to view):
specimen image: 05129s2.jpg

Images of other samples of the same species:
specimen image: 00646s2.jpg 
00646
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00863
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03552
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03814
specimen image: 04431s2.jpg 
04431
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05188
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05799
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07096
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09607
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11439
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11899
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12416

Nearby Accessions


Other accessions in the database collected near this one:

Accession Name Dist., dir.
05130 Agrostis stolonifera      "creeping bentgrass" same section
05120 Berula erecta      "cut-leaf water parsnip" same section
05128 Carex nebrascensis      "Nebraska sedge" same section
05121 Glaux maritima      "sea milkwort" same section
05119 Hordeum jubatum  ssp. jubatum   "foxtail barley" same section
05122 Nasturtium officinale      "watercress" same section
05127 Polygonum aviculare      "creeping knotweed" same section
05118 Polypogon interruptus      "ditch rabbitsfoot grass" same section
05123 Polypogon monspeliensis      "annual rabbitsfoot grass" same section
05126 Ranunculus cymbalaria      "alkali buttercup" same section
05117 Ricciocarpos natans      "purple-fringed riccia" same section
05124 Scirpus americanus     same section

Locale


Nearby locations from the USGS Geographic Name Information System (GNIS) database:

Name County Dist., dir. Elevation (ft.) 7.5' Quad Name
Redden Springs (Spring) Tooele County, UT 2.5 mi. S 4295  Callao 
Willow Spring Wash (Valley) Tooele County, UT 3.8 mi. S   Clifton 
Goshute Wash (Valley) Tooele County, UT 4.4 mi. N   Clifton 
Eightmile Wash (Valley) Tooele County, UT 4.7 mi. S   Goshute Canyon 
Overland Canyon (Valley) Tooele County, UT 4.3 mi. W   Clifton 
Reilly Creek (Stream) Tooele County, UT 5.8 mi. S   Goshute 
Sixmile Ranch (Locale) Tooele County, UT 5.8 mi. SW 4521  Goshute Canyon 

Links

Taxon Links for species Eleocharis palustris  (L.) Roem. & Schult.

CalPhotos, Berkeley Digital Library Project

CNPS Manual of California Vegetation Database

USDA Plants database
University of Washington Herbarium: Plants of Washington (images)

Texas A&M University: Image Library (images)

Lady Bird Johnson's Wildflower Center

Google Images

External link to this species in the UVU Herbarium:
http://herbarium.UVU.edu/virtual/search.asp?taxon=Eleocharis+palustris

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