Soft-Stem Spikerush
Eleocharis mamillata
- Native to:
- Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Czechia-Slovakia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Italy, Kazakhstan, North Caucasus, Norway, NW. Balkan Pen., Poland, Romania, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Transcaucasus, Ukraine, United States
iNaturalist: © k_hamilton (iNaturalist #234442687)
Taxonomy
- Division:
- Magnoliophyta | - Flowering plants
- Family:
- Cyperaceae
- Genus:
- Eleocharis
- Species:
- Eleocharis mamillata
- USDA Symbol:
- ELMA15
Growth Characteristics
- Life Cycle:
- Perennial
- Growth Habit:
- Graminoid
- Height:
- 51 cm
- Light Requirements:
- Full Sun
- Drought Tolerance:
- Low
- Bloom Months:
- jun, jul, aug
- Bloom Colors:
- brown
Garden & Ecology Notes
- Minimum Light:
- Part Sun
- Best Light:
- Full Sun
- Habitat:
- Wetland, Riparian
- Ecology:
- Occurs along lake shores, river margins, vernal pools, and wet ditches. Often acts as an emergent macrophyte in shallow water or on saturated mud, providing habitat in riparian and wetland transition zones.
Soil Requirements
- Soil:
- silt — also tolerates clay, peaty, sandy
- pH:
- acidic to neutral
- Drainage:
- wet
- Moisture:
- wet
- Notes:
- Roots in saturated, organic-rich silt, mud, and shallow standing water. Tolerates periodic inundation in base-poor to moderately base-rich substrates.