Eleocharis

Plant Characteristics
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Scientific Names

Read about Eleocharis in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Eleocharis (Greek-made word, meaning delighting in marshes). Sometimes written Heleocharis. Heleocharis.Cyperaceae. Rush-like native plants, mostly of low, wiry growth, and commonest in marshes and on muddy shores, mostly perennial. The culms are simple, terete or angular, bearing a spherical or oblong head of inconspicuous fls.: Lvs. usually reduced to mere sheaths. They are interesting for the borders of ponds, and are very easy to naturalize. Numbers of species are likely to be offered by dealers in native plants; three have been listed: E. interstincta R. &. S. (E. equisetoides, Torr.). A shore plant, with terete knotted culms 2-3 ft. high, and cylindrical heads about the thickness of the culm; resembles horse-tail (Equisetum). E. acicularis, R. & S. Hair-like, 3-6 in. high, making grass-like mate. E. ovata, R. & S. Culms nearly terete, 12-15 in. high: head globose or ovate. Eleocharis has about 100 species, widely distributed, of which nearly half occur in Canada and the U. S. L. H. B. ^CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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