Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Engelmann's 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 melanocarpa
- Eleocharis diandra
- Eleocharis obtusa
- Eleocharis atropurpurea
- Eleocharis erythropoda
- Eleocharis geniculata
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Poales
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Eleocharis
- Species
- Eleocharis engelmannii
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