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Photographer: Kitty Kohout
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Family Cyperaceae
Eleocharis palustris (L.) Roem. & Schult.
common spike-rush, marsh spike-rush
Eleocharis: Greek elos for "marsh" and charis for grace, referring to marsh plant
palustris: "of marshes"
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 4"-40" tall, semi-aquatic, emergent sedge, alone or in spaced cluster; from rhizomes |
| Flower: | in spiral covered by brownish scales; inflorescence solitary pointed spikelet |
| Fruit: | gold brown nutlet with half of top covered with a cap |
| Leaf: | sheaths as base of stem |
| Habitat: | wet; marshes, ditches, shores, water to 6' deep |
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