Eleocharis rostellata

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Cladus: Commelinids
Ordo: Poales

Familia: Cyperaceae
Subfamilia: Cyperoideae
Tribus: Eleocharideae
Genus: Eleocharis
Species: Eleocharis rostellata
Name

Eleocharis rostellata (Torr.) Torr., Fl. New York 2: 347 (1843).
Synonyms

Basionym
Scirpus rostellatus Torr., Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. New York 3: 318 (1836).
Homotypic
Trichophyllum rostellatum (Torr.) Farw., Rep. (Annual) Michigan Acad. Sci. 19: 253 (1917).
Heterotypic
Eleocharis rostellata var. occidentalis S.Watson in S.Watson & al., Bot. California 2: 222 (1880).
Eleocharis rostellata var. congdonii Jeps., Fl. Calif.: 196 (1922).
Eleocharis rostellata f. occidentalis (S.Watson) Beetle, Publ. Univ. Wyoming 5: 22 (1938).

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America
Alabama; Alberta; Arizona; British Columbia; California; Colorado; Connecticut; Delaware; Florida; Idaho; Illinois; Indiana; Kansas; Louisiana; Maine; Maryland; Masachusettes; Mexico Central; Mexico Northeast; Mexico Northwest; Mexico Southeast; Mexico Southwest; Michigan; Minnesota; Montana; Nebraska; Nevada; New Jersey; New Mexico; New York; North Carolina; Nova Scotia; Ohio; Oklahoma; Ontario; Pennsylvania; Rhode I.; South Carolina; South Dakota; Texas; Utah; Virginia; Washington; West Virginia; Wisconsin; Wyoming
Continental: Southern America
Regional: Southern South America
Argentina Northwest
Regional: Caribbean
Bermuda; Cayman Is.; Cuba; Guatemala; Haiti; Puerto Rico

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References
Primary references

Torrey, J. 1843. A flora of the state of New-York: comprising full descriptions of all the indigenous and naturalized plants hitherto discovered in the state with remarks on their economical and medicinal properties. Vol. 1. 458 pp., 71 pl. Carroll & Cook, printers to the Assembly, Albany. BHL Reference page. : 2:347.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Eleocharis rostellata in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Feb 17. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Eleocharis rostellata. Published online. Accessed: Feb 17 2020.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Eleocharis rostellata in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Feb 17. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2020. Eleocharis rostellata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Feb 17.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Eleocharis rostellata in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Vernacular names
English: beaked spikerush, Beaked spikerush, Walking sedge

Eleocharis rostellata is a species of spikesedge known by the common name beaked spikerush. It is widespread across North America (including Mexico, Guatemala and the West Indies), with isolated populations in Argentina.[1][2][3][4]

Eleocharis rostellata occurs in many types of wetland habitat, especially saline and alkaline water bodies such as hot springs, fens, and salt marshes.

Description

Eleocharis rostellata is a rhizomatous perennial herb growing up to 1.2 meters tall with spongy, compressible stems. The stem bends and droops and if the tip touches moist soil it may root there and grow more stems.[5] The plant also reproduces by seed and vegetatively by sprouting from bits of rhizome. The inflorescence is a single spikelet up to 2 centimeters long made up of many tiny flowers covered in light brown, sometimes purple-spotted bracts.[6]
References

Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Espejo Serna, A. & López-Ferrari, A.R. (1997). Las Monocotiledóneas Mexicanas una Sinopsis Florística 5: 1-98. Consejo Nacional de la Flora de México, México D.F..
Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
Morello, J. 1951. El bosque de Algarrobo y la Estepa de Jarilla en el Valle de Santa Maria (Provincia de Tucuman). Darwiniana 9(3–4): 315–347.
Forest Service Fire Ecology
Flora of North America