Eleocharis compressa var. acutisquamata

(Buckley) S. G. Smith

Novon 11: 249. 2001.

Basionym: Eleocharis acutisquamata Buckley
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 23. Treatment on page 84. Mentioned on page 83.
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Culms subterete to slightly compressed, to 2 times as wide as thick, (0.2–)0.5–1 mm wide. Distal leaf sheaths often with tooth, to 0.1(–0.5) mm.


Phenology: Fruiting spring–summer.
Habitat: Seasonally wet seeps and depressions in calcareous grasslands, meadows, open oak woods, ditches, sometimes limestone, rarely saline marsh or lakeshores
Elevation: 10–2300 m

Distribution

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B.C., Man., Sask., Colo., Ill., Iowa, Kans., Minn., Mo., Nebr., N.Mex., N.Dak., Okla., S.Dak., Tex.

Discussion

Some specimens herein included in E. compressa var. acutisquamata are intermediate with E. elliptica in their floral scales, including the single record from British Columbia. Eleocharis compressa var. acutisquamata probably occurs in Alberta; I have not seen specimens.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
S. Galen Smith* +, Jeremy J. Bruhl* +, M. Socorro González-Elizondo* +  and Francis J. Menapace* +
(Buckley) S. G. Smith +
Eleocharis acutisquamata +
B.C. +, Man. +, Sask. +, Colo. +, Ill. +, Iowa +, Kans. +, Minn. +, Mo. +, Nebr. +, N.Mex. +, N.Dak. +, Okla. +, S.Dak. +  and Tex. +
10–2300 m +
Seasonally wet seeps and depressions in calcareous grasslands, meadows, open oak woods, ditches, sometimes limestone, rarely saline marsh or lakeshores +
Fruiting spring–summer. +
Illustrated +  and Endemic +
Eleocharis elliptica var. compressa +
Eleocharis compressa var. acutisquamata +
Eleocharis compressa +
variety +