Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Slender Spikerush being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Eleocharis nitida
- Eleocharis tenuis
- Eleocharis erythropoda
- Eleocharis engelmannii
- Eleocharis compressa
- Eleocharis tuberculosa
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Poales
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Eleocharis
- Species
- Eleocharis elliptica
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