UW Burke Herbarium species comparison

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Eleocharis bella

Eleocharis mamillata

pretty spikerush

soft-stem spike-rush

Eleocharis bella

Eleocharis mamillata
Flowering time June-September June-September
Habitat Shores, sloughs, wet meadows, and vernal pools. Tidal flats, lakes, peatlands, and ditches.
Distribution
Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington; Washington to California, east to Montana, Nevada, Arizona, and New Mexico.
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Occurring west of the Cascades crest in western Washington; Alaska to northwest Washington, east to the Canadian Great Plains, Great Lakes region.
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Origin Native Native
Conservation status Not of concern Sensitive in Washington (WANHP)
Sibling taxa
E. acicularis, E. bolanderi, E. coloradoensis, E. engelmannii, E. erythropoda, E. geniculata, E. macrostachya, E. mamillata, E. obtusa, E. ovata, E. palustris, E. parvula, E. quinqueflora, E. rostellata, E. suksdorfiana, E. uniglumis
E. acicularis, E. bella, E. bolanderi, E. coloradoensis, E. engelmannii, E. erythropoda, E. geniculata, E. macrostachya, E. obtusa, E. ovata, E. palustris, E. parvula, E. quinqueflora, E. rostellata, E. suksdorfiana, E. uniglumis
Subordinate taxa
E. mamillata ssp. mamillata
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