Index / Search / Eleocharis macrostachya
§1 Plant
Eleocharis macrostachya Britton
vernacular pale 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
- AK Alaska Native
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 417 counties across 22 states/territories§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 417 counties across 22 states/territories.
Alaska view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Arizona view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 2 N ▾
California view state ↗ 48 N ▾
- Alameda 06001
- Alpine 06003
- Amador 06005
- Butte 06007
- Calaveras 06009
- Contra Costa 06013
- El Dorado 06017
- Glenn 06021
- Humboldt 06023
- Imperial 06025
- Inyo 06027
- Kern 06029
- Lassen 06035
- Los Angeles 06037
- Madera 06039
- Marin 06041
- Mariposa 06043
- Mendocino 06045
- Merced 06047
- Modoc 06049
- Mono 06051
- Monterey 06053
- Napa 06055
- Nevada 06057
- Orange 06059
- Placer 06061
- Plumas 06063
- Riverside 06065
- Sacramento 06067
- San Bernardino 06071
- San Diego 06073
- San Francisco 06075
- San Joaquin 06077
- San Luis Obispo 06079
- San Mateo 06081
- Santa Barbara 06083
- Santa Clara 06085
- Santa Cruz 06087
- Shasta 06089
- Solano 06095
- Sonoma 06097
- Sutter 06101
- Tehama 06103
- Trinity 06105
- Tulare 06107
- Tuolumne 06109
- Ventura 06111
- Yolo 06113
Colorado view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Idaho view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 77 N ▾
- Allen 20001
- Anderson 20003
- Barber 20007
- Barton 20009
- Bourbon 20011
- Brown 20013
- Butler 20015
- Chase 20017
- Chautauqua 20019
- Cherokee 20021
- Cheyenne 20023
- Clay 20027
- Cloud 20029
- Coffey 20031
- Cowley 20035
- Crawford 20037
- Dickinson 20041
- Douglas 20045
- Edwards 20047
- Elk 20049
- Ellsworth 20053
- Finney 20055
- Ford 20057
- Franklin 20059
- Gove 20063
- Grant 20067
- Gray 20069
- Greenwood 20073
- Hamilton 20075
- Harper 20077
- Harvey 20079
- Haskell 20081
- Jefferson 20087
- Jewell 20089
- Lane 20101
- Lincoln 20105
- Linn 20107
- Logan 20109
- Lyon 20111
- Marion 20115
- McPherson 20113
- Meade 20119
- Morton 20129
- Neosho 20133
- Ness 20135
- Norton 20137
- Osage 20139
- Osborne 20141
- Ottawa 20143
- Phillips 20147
- Pottawatomie 20149
- Pratt 20151
- Reno 20155
- Republic 20157
- Riley 20161
- Rooks 20163
- Rush 20165
- Russell 20167
- Saline 20169
- Scott 20171
- Sedgwick 20173
- Seward 20175
- Shawnee 20177
- Sheridan 20179
- Sherman 20181
- Stafford 20185
- Stanton 20187
- Stevens 20189
- Thomas 20193
- Trego 20195
- Wabaunsee 20197
- Wallace 20199
- Washington 20201
- Wichita 20203
- Wilson 20205
- Woodson 20207
- Wyandotte 20209
Minnesota view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Montana view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Nebraska view state ↗ 49 N ▾
- Adams 31001
- Arthur 31005
- Banner 31007
- Box Butte 31013
- Brown 31017
- Buffalo 31019
- Butler 31023
- Cass 31025
- Chase 31029
- Cherry 31031
- Clay 31035
- Cuming 31039
- Custer 31041
- Dawes 31045
- Dawson 31047
- Dodge 31053
- Douglas 31055
- Dundy 31057
- Fillmore 31059
- Furnas 31065
- Gosper 31073
- Grant 31075
- Greeley 31077
- Hall 31079
- Hamilton 31081
- Hitchcock 31087
- Holt 31089
- Howard 31093
- Kearney 31099
- Keith 31101
- Keya Paha 31103
- Lancaster 31109
- Lincoln 31111
- Logan 31113
- Loup 31115
- Merrick 31121
- Morrill 31123
- Nuckolls 31129
- Otoe 31131
- Phelps 31137
- Red Willow 31145
- Richardson 31147
- Rock 31149
- Scotts Bluff 31157
- Sheridan 31161
- Thayer 31169
- Thomas 31171
- Washington 31177
- Webster 31181
Nevada view state ↗ 10 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 16 N ▾
North Dakota view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 22 N ▾
Oregon view state ↗ 2 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 17 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 63 N ▾
- Andrews 48003
- Aransas 48007
- Bailey 48017
- Bastrop 48021
- Bexar 48029
- Brazoria 48039
- Brewster 48043
- Briscoe 48045
- Brown 48049
- Burleson 48051
- Cameron 48061
- Carson 48065
- Castro 48069
- Cochran 48079
- Cooke 48097
- Deaf Smith 48117
- Delta 48119
- Dickens 48125
- Duval 48131
- Ellis 48139
- Floyd 48153
- Fort Bend 48157
- Galveston 48167
- Garza 48169
- Gonzales 48177
- Gray 48179
- Hale 48189
- Harris 48201
- Hartley 48205
- Hemphill 48211
- Hidalgo 48215
- Jackson 48239
- Jeff Davis 48243
- Jefferson 48245
- Karnes 48255
- Kaufman 48257
- Kenedy 48261
- Kerr 48265
- Kleberg 48273
- Lampasas 48281
- Lipscomb 48295
- Lubbock 48303
- Marion 48315
- Martin 48317
- McMullen 48311
- Menard 48327
- Midland 48329
- Motley 48345
- Ochiltree 48357
- Parker 48367
- Randall 48381
- Scurry 48415
- Smith 48423
- Stephens 48429
- Swisher 48437
- Tarrant 48439
- Taylor 48441
- Travis 48453
- Uvalde 48463
- Waller 48473
- Wichita 48485
- Willacy 48489
- Zapata 48505
Utah view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Washington view state ↗ 27 N ▾
- Asotin 53003
- Benton 53005
- Chelan 53007
- Clallam 53009
- Cowlitz 53015
- Douglas 53017
- Grant 53025
- Grays Harbor 53027
- Island 53029
- King 53033
- Kitsap 53035
- Kittitas 53037
- Klickitat 53039
- Okanogan 53047
- Pacific 53049
- Pend Oreille 53051
- San Juan 53055
- Skagit 53057
- Skamania 53059
- Snohomish 53061
- Spokane 53063
- Stevens 53065
- Thurston 53067
- Walla Walla 53071
- Whatcom 53073
- Whitman 53075
- Yakima 53077
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/ELMA5 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2716792 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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