Index / Search / Eriocaulon decangulare
§1 Plant
Eriocaulon decangulare L.
vernacular tenangle pipewort — species · Eriocaulaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Eriocaulaceae Martinov
- Genus
- Eriocaulon
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 261 counties across 17 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Medium
- Shade
- High
- Moisture use
- Medium
- Fire
- Low
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- Medium
- CaCO₃
- Low
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -8 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 160 min.
- Precipitation
- 40–60 in/yr
- pH range
- 4–7.6
- Root depth
- 18 in min.
- Fertility need
- Medium
- Soil texture
- coarse, medium
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Bunch
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Lifespan
- Moderate
- Mature height
- 2.6 ft
- Foliage texture
- Medium
- Foliage colour
- Dark Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Porous
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- White
- Fruit colour
- Brown
- Fire resistant
- Yes
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Spring
- Seed abundance
- Medium
- Seed begins
- Summer
- Seed ends
- Summer
- Spread rate
- Moderate
- Stratify
- No
- Propagation
- seed, sprigs
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- Routinely Available
- Nursery stock
- No
- Graze palatability
- Low
- Palatable, human
- No
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 261 counties across 17 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 18 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 60 N ▾
- Alachua 12001
- Baker 12003
- Bay 12005
- Brevard 12009
- Broward 12011
- Calhoun 12013
- Charlotte 12015
- Clay 12019
- Collier 12021
- Columbia 12023
- DeSoto 12027
- Dixie 12029
- Duval 12031
- Escambia 12033
- Flagler 12035
- Franklin 12037
- Gilchrist 12041
- Gulf 12045
- Hardee 12049
- Hendry 12051
- Hernando 12053
- Highlands 12055
- Hillsborough 12057
- Holmes 12059
- Indian River 12061
- Jackson 12063
- Jefferson 12065
- Lafayette 12067
- Lake 12069
- Lee 12071
- Leon 12073
- Levy 12075
- Liberty 12077
- Madison 12079
- Manatee 12081
- Marion 12083
- Martin 12085
- Miami-Dade 12086
- Nassau 12089
- Okaloosa 12091
- Okeechobee 12093
- Orange 12095
- Osceola 12097
- Palm Beach 12099
- Pasco 12101
- Pinellas 12103
- Polk 12105
- Putnam 12107
- Santa Rosa 12113
- Sarasota 12115
- Seminole 12117
- St. Johns 12109
- St. Lucie 12111
- Sumter 12119
- Taylor 12123
- Union 12125
- Volusia 12127
- Wakulla 12129
- Walton 12131
- Washington 12133
Georgia view state ↗ 41 N ▾
- Bacon 13005
- Baker 13007
- Ben Hill 13017
- Berrien 13019
- Brantley 13025
- Brooks 13027
- Bryan 13029
- Bulloch 13031
- Candler 13043
- Charlton 13049
- Chatham 13051
- Cherokee 13057
- Colquitt 13071
- Columbia 13073
- DeKalb 13089
- Douglas 13097
- Emanuel 13107
- Glynn 13127
- Grady 13131
- Houston 13153
- Irwin 13155
- Jackson 13157
- Jasper 13159
- Jefferson 13163
- Johnson 13167
- Lanier 13173
- Lee 13177
- Long 13183
- Madison 13195
- McIntosh 13191
- Miller 13201
- Richmond 13245
- Screven 13251
- Spalding 13255
- Thomas 13275
- Tift 13277
- Toombs 13279
- Ware 13299
- Wayne 13305
- Wheeler 13309
- Worth 13321
Louisiana view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Maryland view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 16 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 7 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 1 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 41 N ▾
- Alexander 37003
- Alleghany 37005
- Beaufort 37013
- Bladen 37017
- Brunswick 37019
- Buncombe 37021
- Caldwell 37027
- Carteret 37031
- Catawba 37035
- Clay 37043
- Columbus 37047
- Craven 37049
- Cumberland 37051
- Dare 37055
- Duplin 37061
- Forsyth 37067
- Guilford 37081
- Harnett 37085
- Henderson 37089
- Hoke 37093
- Iredell 37097
- Jackson 37099
- Johnston 37101
- Jones 37103
- Lenoir 37107
- Lincoln 37109
- Macon 37113
- Moore 37125
- Nash 37127
- New Hanover 37129
- Northampton 37131
- Onslow 37133
- Pamlico 37137
- Pender 37141
- Richmond 37153
- Robeson 37155
- Rowan 37159
- Sampson 37163
- Scotland 37165
- Tyrrell 37177
- Yancey 37199
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 1 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 23 N ▾
- Allendale 45005
- Bamberg 45009
- Beaufort 45013
- Berkeley 45015
- Charleston 45019
- Chesterfield 45025
- Clarendon 45027
- Colleton 45029
- Darlington 45031
- Dillon 45033
- Dorchester 45035
- Florence 45041
- Georgetown 45043
- Greenville 45045
- Hampton 45049
- Horry 45051
- Jasper 45053
- Kershaw 45055
- Lee 45061
- Marlboro 45069
- Orangeburg 45075
- Sumter 45085
- Williamsburg 45089
Tennessee view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 26 N ▾
- Anderson 48001
- Angelina 48005
- Austin 48015
- Brazos 48041
- Burleson 48051
- Chambers 48071
- Freestone 48161
- Hardin 48199
- Henderson 48213
- Houston 48225
- Jasper 48241
- Jefferson 48245
- Leon 48289
- Milam 48331
- Montgomery 48339
- Nacogdoches 48347
- Newton 48351
- Polk 48373
- Robertson 48395
- Sabine 48403
- San Augustine 48405
- Smith 48423
- Trinity 48455
- Tyler 48457
- Walker 48471
- Wood 48499
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/ERDE5 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2690647 ↗Record version
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