Native plant · CYPERACEAE
Eleocharis equisetoides
JOINTED SPIKERUSH; Horsetail Spikerush
Florida native plant record
This profile summarizes published Florida Seed Bank directory data for Eleocharis equisetoides. County information reflects documented specimen or occurrence evidence and does not guarantee current presence at a site.
- Scientific name
- Eleocharis equisetoides
- Family
- CYPERACEAE
- Genus
- Eleocharis
- Order
- POALES
- Classification
- Monocots
- Recorded status
- Native; OBL (NWPL); OBL (DEP)
- Florida range
- North Florida · South Florida · Central Florida · Panhandle
- Vouchered / Found in Florida
- Marion; Sarasota; Hillsborough; Lake; Hernando; Okaloosa; Walton; Highlands; Pasco; Duval; Franklin; Wakulla
Where documented in Florida
Marion; Sarasota; Hillsborough; Lake; Hernando; Okaloosa; Walton; Highlands; Pasco; Duval; Franklin; Wakulla
Historical specimen evidence; current presence and complete county coverage are not confirmed.
Related Florida native plants in Eleocharis
- Eleocharis acicularis — NEEDLE SPIKERUSH
- Eleocharis albida — WHITE SPIKERUSH
- Eleocharis atropurpurea — PURPLE SPIKERUSH
- Eleocharis baldwinii — BALDWIN'S SPIKERUSH; ROADGRASS
- Eleocharis cellulosa — GULF COAST SPIKERUSH
- Eleocharis confervoides — ALGAL BULRUSH
Data provenance
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