Index / Search / Eleocharis elegans
§1 Plant
Eleocharis elegans (Kunth) Roem. & Schult.
vernacular elegant spikerush — species · Cyperaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Cyperaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Eleocharis
§2a
Native status, by region
- PR Puerto Rico Native
§2b
County-level range
· 28 counties across 1 state§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 28 counties across 1 state.
Puerto Rico view state ↗ 28 N ▾
- Adjuntas 72001
- Aguadilla 72005
- Aguas Buenas 72007
- Aibonito 72009
- Anasco 72011
- Arecibo 72013
- Bayamon 72021
- Caguas 72025
- Cayey 72035
- Ceiba 72037
- Corozal 72047
- Fajardo 72053
- Humacao 72069
- Jayuya 72073
- Lares 72081
- Luquillo 72089
- Maricao 72093
- Mayaguez 72097
- Naguabo 72103
- Orocovis 72107
- Patillas 72109
- Ponce 72113
- Rincon 72117
- Rio Grande 72119
- San Juan 72127
- San Lorenzo 72129
- Utuado 72141
- Vega Baja 72145
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/ELEL ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2717227 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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