Eleocharis tuberculosa, the cone-cup spikerush or large-tubercled spikerush, is a plant species native to the United States and Canada. It has been reported from every state on the Gulf and Atlantic coasts from Maine to Texas, plus Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas and Nova Scotia. It is found in wet soil in meadows, woodlands, lake shores and river banks.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Long-tubercled 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
- Fimbristylis schoenoides
- Fimbristylis nutans
- Eleocharis melanocarpa
- Eleocharis tenuis
- Eleocharis elliptica
- Fimbristylis polytrichoides
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Poales
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Eleocharis
- Species
- Eleocharis tuberculosa
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