Eleocharis erythropoda

ClassificationMonocots
FamilyCyperaceae
Family (Traditional)Cyperaceae
GenusEleocharis
Species:Eleocharis erythropoda Steud.
Common NameBald Spikerush
Growth Habitgraminoid
Plant Notes**
CharacteristicsArmaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: No; Woody Herbaceous: Herbaceous; Natural Area Presence: UCR; Duration: Perennial; General Ecology: Mudflat; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: graminoid; Moisture Requirements: Hydric; Moisture Requirements: Wetland; Region of Origin: North America; Reproductive Phenology: July; Reproductive Phenology: August; Reproductive Phenology: September; Leaf Arrangement: absent; Leaf Complexity: simple; Leaf Dissection: 0; Leaf Fragrance: No; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaf Petiole Type: N/A (leaves absent); Leaf Rank: N/A; Leaf Type: sheath with scale; Leaf Venation: parallel; Leaflet Margins: N/A; Leaflet Number: 0; Base Flower Color: Brown (incl. Maroon); Base Flower Color: Green; Carpel Number/Pistil: 2; Carpel Number/Pistil: 11; Fruit Complexity: Simple; Fruit Dehiscence: No; Fruit Type: Achene; Fruit Wet/Dry: Dry; Hypanthium Present: No; Inflorescence Position: terminal; Inflorescence Types: spike; Ovary Position: Superior; Overall Flower Symmetry: N/A; Ovules per Carpel: 1; Perianth Present: No; Petal Fusion: N/A; Petal Number: N/A; Pistil Complexity: Compound; Pistil Number: 1; Placentation Type: Basal; Sepal Fusion: N/A; Sepal Number: N/A; Sexuality: monoclinous; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A; Stamen Number: 3; Tepal Fusion: N/A; Tepal Number: N/A
C value 4
StatusNative; TN[SNR] KY[S5?] (State Rank); G5 (Global Rank)
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** Not applicable or data not available.

Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display the its name. Click the question mark icon () to view additional information about the ecoregions shown. In the map legend, there are links to toggle the visibility of the ecoregions and/or their labels. In addition, clicking on an ecoregion name will highlight that region on the map.

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Ecoregions
  • Southeastern Plains
    • Blackland Prarie
  • Blue Ridge Mountains
  • Ridge and Valley
  • Cumberland Plateau
  • Cumberland Mountains
  • Allegheny Plateau
  • Interior Plateau
    • Bluegrass Region
    • Nashville Basin
    • Pennyroyal Karst Plain
    • Western Highland Rim
    • Eastern Highland Rim

Synonyms

SynonymFull Citation
Eleocharis calva Eleocharis calva Torr.
Scirpus glaucus Scirpus glaucus Torr.
Trichophorum palustre var. calvum Trichophorum palustre var. calvum (Torr.) House
Trichophyllum palustre var. calvum Trichophyllum palustre var. calvum (A. Gray) House

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort.

Counties included on distribution map: Adair (KY), Barren (KY), Bullitt (KY), Fleming (KY), Franklin (KY), Garrard (KY), Hardin (KY), Harlan (KY), Harrison (KY), Jackson (KY), Jefferson (KY), Knox (KY), Laurel (KY), Lewis (KY), Lincoln (KY), Lyon (KY), McCracken (KY), Madison (KY), Menifee (KY), Nelson (KY), Owen (KY), Pulaski (KY), Rowan (KY), Trigg (KY), Anderson (TN), Campbell (TN), Carter (TN), DeKalb (TN), Dickson (TN), Franklin (TN), Grainger (TN), Hawkins (TN), Henry (TN), Johnson (TN), Knox (TN), Lake (TN), Lewis (TN), Marion (TN), Montgomery (TN), Putnam (TN), Rutherford (TN), Stewart (TN), Unicoi (TN), Warren (TN), Washington (TN), Williamson (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: APSC, BEREA, EKY, ETSU, KNK, MDKY, MTSU, TENN, UOS

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1955 - 2018

Accession No. (click for full details) County State Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
31234100165495 Lincoln Kentucky 05 Jul 1993 Ronald L. Jones
7434
EKY
Eleocharis erythropoda
31234100082559 Jackson Kentucky 29 Jul 1990 Micheal Hill
25
EKY
Eleocharis erythropoda
31234100082443 Madison Kentucky 09 Jul 1975 Tim Higgins
EKY
Eleocharis calva
31234100082450 Fleming Kentucky 24 Jun 1992 Landon E. McKinney
5147
EKY
Eleocharis erythropoda
BEREA004233 Lewis Kentucky
BEREA
Eleocharis erythropoda
31973000011558 Madison Kentucky
KNK
Eleocharis calva
TENN-V-0042119 Montgomery Tennessee
TENN
Eleocharis erythropoda
TENN-V-0042114 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Eleocharis erythropoda
TENN-V-0042121 Putnam Tennessee
TENN
Eleocharis erythropoda
TENN-V-0241349 Grainger Tennessee
TENN
Eleocharis erythropoda
TENN-V-0042113 Johnson Tennessee
TENN
Eleocharis erythropoda
TENN-V-0042109 Grainger Tennessee
TENN
Eleocharis erythropoda
APSC0039587 Henry Tennessee
APSC
Eleocharis erythropoda
APSC0085056 Lewis Tennessee
APSC
Eleocharis erythropoda
APSC0070044 Hardin Kentucky
APSC
Eleocharis erythropoda
APSC0039478 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Eleocharis erythropoda
N/A Menifee Kentucky 09 May 2018 Calvin Andries
76
EKY
Eleocharis erythropoda
MTSU003512 DeKalb Tennessee 04 Aug 1986 Landon E. McKinney
MTSU
Eleocharis erythropoda
31234100082484 Madison Kentucky 15 Jun 1984 Valerya Hyrne
4
EKY
Eleocharis erythropoda
31234100082468 Lincoln Kentucky 05 Jul 1993 Ronald L. Jones
7435
EKY
Eleocharis erythropoda
31234100082476 Lincoln Kentucky 03 Jul 1993 Ronald L. Jones
7419
EKY
Eleocharis erythropoda
TENN-V-0042124 Warren Tennessee
TENN
Eleocharis erythropoda
TENN-V-0075268 Hawkins Tennessee
TENN
Eleocharis erythropoda
TENN-V-0042103 Campbell Tennessee
TENN
Eleocharis erythropoda
TENN-V-0042120 Marion Tennessee
TENN
Eleocharis erythropoda
TENN-V-0241348 Campbell Tennessee
TENN
Eleocharis erythropoda
TENN-V-0042106 Tennessee
TENN
Eleocharis erythropoda
TENN-V-0042116 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Eleocharis erythropoda
APSC0039585 Rutherford Tennessee
APSC
Eleocharis erythropoda
APSC0071525 Jefferson Kentucky
APSC
Eleocharis erythropoda
APSC0072323 Nelson Kentucky 10 Apr 1967
APSC
Eleocharis erythropoda
APSC0070045 Franklin Kentucky
APSC
Eleocharis erythropoda
31234100082534 Knox Kentucky Linda Stamper
24
EKY
Eleocharis erythropoda
TENN-V-0042105 Carter Tennessee
TENN
Eleocharis erythropoda
TENN-V-0042104 Campbell Tennessee
TENN
Eleocharis erythropoda
TENN-V-0042126 Williamson Tennessee
TENN
Eleocharis erythropoda
APSC0071523 Bullitt Kentucky
APSC
Eleocharis erythropoda
APSC0071514 Jefferson Kentucky
APSC
Eleocharis erythropoda
31234100708534 Rowan Kentucky 23 Apr 1999 Kim Feeman
367
EKY
Eleocharis erythropoda
31234100778933 Menifee Kentucky 18 May 2017 Thomas McFadden
483
EKY
Eleocharis erythropoda
TENN-V-0042127 Rutherford Tennessee
TENN
Eleocharis erythropoda
TENN-V-0042102 Anderson Tennessee
TENN
Eleocharis erythropoda
TENN-V-0042110 Grainger Tennessee
TENN
Eleocharis erythropoda
TENN-V-0042107 DeKalb Tennessee
TENN
Eleocharis erythropoda
APSC0039477 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Eleocharis erythropoda
APSC0063176 Harrison Kentucky 05 Jul 2016 Mason Brock
APSC
Eleocharis erythropoda
31234100082567 Jackson Kentucky 20 Jul 1984 Donna A. Godbey
22
EKY
Eleocharis erythropoda
31234100082435 Madison Kentucky 08 Jul 1975 J. Stuart Lassetter
2431
EKY
Eleocharis calva
31234100082591 Adair Kentucky 23 Jun 1988 Bruce Hoagland
217
EKY
Eleocharis erythropoda
BEREA022781 Garrard Kentucky
BEREA
Eleocharis erythropoda
TENN-V-0042117 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Eleocharis erythropoda
TENN-V-0042125 Washington Tennessee
TENN
Eleocharis erythropoda
APSC0072239 Barren Kentucky
APSC
Eleocharis erythropoda
APSC0039476 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Eleocharis erythropoda
APSC0039581 Lyon Kentucky
APSC
Eleocharis erythropoda
APSC0039583 Trigg Kentucky
APSC
Eleocharis erythropoda
APSC0039580 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Eleocharis erythropoda
APSC0039579 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Eleocharis erythropoda
31234100082393 Pulaski Kentucky 17 Jun 1988 Michael A. Floyd
4
EKY
Eleocharis erythropoda
N/A Unicoi Tennessee 07 Aug 2015 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Eleocharis erythropoda
TENN-V-0042112 Johnson Tennessee
TENN
Eleocharis erythropoda
TENN-V-0042123 Unicoi Tennessee
TENN
Eleocharis erythropoda
TENN-V-0042118 Lake Tennessee
TENN
Eleocharis erythropoda
TENN-V-0042108 Dickson Tennessee
TENN
Eleocharis erythropoda
TENN-V-0042122 Rutherford Tennessee
TENN
Eleocharis erythropoda
APSC0085057 Lewis Tennessee
APSC
Eleocharis erythropoda
APSC0039584 Trigg Kentucky
APSC
Eleocharis erythropoda
UOS06963 Franklin Tennessee 15 Jul 1996 Landon E. McKinney
UOS
Eleocharis erythropoda
31234100082419 Madison Kentucky 11 Jul 1978 Camacho
10
EKY
Eleocharis erythropoda
31234100082401 Johnson Tennessee 04 May 1979 B. Eugene Wofford
79-78
EKY
Eleocharis erythropoda
BEREA004232 Laurel Kentucky
BEREA
Eleocharis erythropoda
BEREA004234 DeKalb Tennessee
BEREA
Eleocharis erythropoda
31973000011559 Lewis Kentucky
KNK
Eleocharis erythropoda
MDKY00003566 Harlan Kentucky
MDKY
Eleocharis erythropoda
MDKY00003567 Rowan Kentucky
MDKY
Eleocharis erythropoda
APSC0071524 Owen Kentucky 30 May 1955 Ethel Lovell
APSC
Eleocharis erythropoda
APSC0070042 Jefferson Kentucky
APSC
Eleocharis erythropoda
APSC0039588 Henry Tennessee
APSC
Eleocharis erythropoda
APSC0070043 Franklin Kentucky
APSC
Eleocharis erythropoda
APSC0039582 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Eleocharis erythropoda
MTSU003513 DeKalb Tennessee 06 Jun 1987 Landon E. McKinney
MTSU
Eleocharis erythropoda
31234100082427 Madison Kentucky 15 Jun 1973 J. Stuart Lassetter
1967
EKY
Eleocharis calva
31234100082492 Warren Tennessee 18 May 1979 T. S. Patrick
2030
EKY
Eleocharis erythropoda
31234100725256 Garrard Kentucky 23 Jul 2010 W. W> Overbeck
603
EKY
Eleocharis erythropoda
TENN-V-0042115 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Eleocharis erythropoda
TENN-V-0042111 Johnson Tennessee
TENN
Eleocharis erythropoda
APSC0072226 McCracken Kentucky
APSC
Eleocharis erythropoda
APSC0039475 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Eleocharis erythropoda
APSC0067563 Bullitt Kentucky
APSC
Eleocharis erythropoda
UOS00043 Franklin Tennessee 21 May 2013
UOS
Eleocharis erythropoda
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Eleocharis erythropoda - Dwayne Estes
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Eleocharis erythropoda - Dwayne Estes
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