OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Eleocharis baldwinii   FAMILY Cyperaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eleocharis baldwinii   FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-03-024:

Eleocharis baldwinii   FAMILY Cyperaceae

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Eleocharis baldwinii

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Eleocharis capillacea

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Eleocharis prolifera

 

COMMON NAME:
Baldwin's Spikerush, Slender Spikerush, Roadgrass, Hair Grass


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image of Eleocharis baldwinii, Baldwin's Spikerush, Slender Spikerush, Roadgrass, Hair Grass

Keith Bradley    kab_e_baldwinii_0027

March    Glades County    FL

Fisheating Creek Wildlife Management Area

Often mat-forming, often stoloniferous, sometimes entirely vegetative, per Flora of North America.

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Eleocharis baldwinii   FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eleocharis baldwinii   FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-03-024:
Eleocharis baldwinii   FAMILY Cyperaceae

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Eleocharis baldwinii

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Eleocharis capillacea

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Eleocharis prolifera

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3944

Grass, Sedge, or Rush; Aquatic: emersed & rooted or in free-floating mats; or submersed & free-floating
Annual?

Habitat: bogs, pools, acid shores, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

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LEAVES:
Simple - leaves consist of bladeless sheaths

RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Often mat-forming, often stoloniferous; rhizomes absent

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Scales reddish with yellowish keels
Nutlet

 

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