mini' is very similar to Eleocharis parvula in appearance but it is a smaller plant which grows shorter than its predecessor. (aquariumplants.com)
As a result this plant is very useful for creating a beautiful, lush, green carpet in your layout which has the added benefit of not requiring as much maintenance as the standard Eleocharis parvula since it does not grow as tall so trimming is reduced. (aquariumplants.com)
The hairgrass offered under the name Eleocharis parvula forms a dense, low-growing (under 10 cm in height) light green lawn of hair-thin leaves. (aquasabi.com)
Dwarf spikerush is often sold in trade under the name Eleocharis parvula. (aquasabi.com)
Plants without well-developed bristles are otherwise typical Eleocharis parvula. (ngpherbaria.org)
Eleocharis parvula is very uncommon inland. (ngpherbaria.org)
When cultivated submersed under identical conditions, Eleocharis pusilla differs from the long-known aquarium plant Eleocharis acicularis by its lesser height (in most cases clearly under 10 cm), a lighter shade of green and by stalks curving sideways. (aquasabi.com)
Genus1
Classification of Eleocharis is unusually difficult because relatively few macroscopic characters are provided by the simple structure characteristic of the genus (only two leaves, basal, without blades or with only rudimentary blades, and unbranched aerial stems, each with a single terminal spikelet and without an involucral bract). (asu.edu)
Eleocharis palustris , formerly Eleocharis smallii , is one of several common, colony-forming Spikerushes in Minnesota and can be difficult to distinguish from some of the others, even when achenes are present. (minnesotawildflowers.info)
North American Eleocharis includes some extremely difficult species complexes that need taxonomic revision: (1) The E. palustris complex (species 1-7) is discussed under 1. (asu.edu)
Montevidensis2
Eleocharis parishii is very similar to E. montevidensis, with which it sometimes grows. (semanticfna.org)
Eleocharis Montevidensis, commonly known as Hair Grass, is found Worldwide. (modernaquarium.com)
The vast majority of Eleocharis species grow in aquatic or mesic habitats from sea level to higher than 5,000 meters in elevation (in the tropical Andes). (wikipedia.org)
all Eleocharis species have photosynthetic stems but no green leaves (the leaves have been reduced to sheaths surrounding the base of the stems). (wikipedia.org)
In all Eleocharis species, the flowers are borne on unbranched terminal spikelets at the apices of stems. (wikipedia.org)
citation needed] One of the best known species is the Chinese water chestnut, Eleocharis dulcis. (wikipedia.org)
Although recognition of infraspecific taxa is premature, the following three intergrading variants are notable: Variant a (= Eleocharis xyridiformis) almost certainly deserves taxonomic recognition, perhaps as a species. (swbiodiversity.org)
Eleocharis geniculata is listed as endangered under the Canadian Species at Risk Act, S.C. 2002 and the Ontario Endangered Species Act, S.O. 2007. (uwaterloo.ca)
It is most similar to Eleocharis macrostachya and Eleocharis erythropoda , and all three were at one time considered a single species and are still identified as such in some references (including the national distribution map above). (minnesotawildflowers.info)
In reality, it probably belongs to the species Eleocharis pusilla originating from Australia and New Zealand. (aquasabi.com)
Eleocharis species are hard to discern, and without their spikes or rather infrutescence they are practically unidentifiable. (aquasabi.com)
The supraspecific classification of Eleocharis used here is that of M. S. González-E. and P. M. Peterson (1997), which was based on a study of most species worldwide. (asu.edu)
To distinguish from Bulbostylis pay attention to the multiple spikelets emerging from one tiny set of roots, not the single stem found in Eleocharis emerging from a very tiny rhizome. (ngpherbaria.org)