''Eleocharis nitida'' is a species of flowering plant commonly called neat spikerush, it is a member of the sedge family

Cyperaceae The Cyperaceae are a family of graminoid (grass-like), monocotyledonous flowering plants known as sedges. The family is large, with some 5,500 known species described in about 90 genera, the largest being the "true sedges" genus ''Carex'' w ...

Description

''Eleocharis nitida'' is a perennial growing from scaly, purplish rhizomes. The culms grow 1 to 8 inches tall. The inflorescences spikelets are 2.0-4.5 mm (0.8-1.8 in.) long, and each spikelet has from 5 to 30 flowers. It produces a three-angled, bristles

achene An achene (; ), also sometimes called akene and occasionally achenium or achenocarp, is a type of simple dry fruit produced by many species of flowering plants. Achenes are monocarpellate (formed from one carpel) and indehiscent (they do not ope ...

, that is pale yellow to orangish in color, which matures in mid-June to mid-October. Its native range includes Newfoundland, Labrador, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec, and Saskatchewan of Canada and the US states of Alaska, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, and Wisconsin. It is listed as a species of special concern in the US state of

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, where it grows in full sun in moist to wet soils; it is found in areas with disturbed soils, in ditches, along trails, and shallow depressions, and bog pools. Eleocharis nitida 5-eheep (5097863528)

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nitida {{Cyperaceae-stub