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walking sedge, beaked spikerush

Eleocharis rostellata

Eleocharis ambigens

Flowering time June-August
Habitat Shores, wet meadows, seeps, hot springs, fens, often where alkaline.
Distribution
Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, east to the Great Plains, Great Lakes region, and eastern North America.
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Origin Native
Conservation status Sensitive in Washington (WANHP)
Sibling taxa
E. acicularis, E. bella, 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. suksdorfiana, E. uniglumis
E. acicularis, E. bella, 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
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