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Eleocharis acicularis is a species of spikesedge known by the common names needle spikerush and dwarf hairgrass. It has a circumboreal distribution and it can also be found throughout the rest of the Americas. It lives in Australia, where it was probably an introduced species. This is an annual or perennial spikesedge with long, grasslike stems to about 15 centimeters in height, shorter in bog conditions, from a creeping rhizome. In shallow water it will form short spikes of tiny flowers amongst flat overlapping leafs. The tiny flowers are less than five millimeters in diameter and are borne at the tip of each stem in single, sharply pointed, lanceoloid spikelets up to about six millimeters long. This is a plant of marshes, vernal pools, and bogs, and it is also used as an aquarium plant. It thrives with plenty of light and a high concentration of carbon dioxide.
Grass
6 - 8 in Tall
Upright
Moderate
White
Summer
Full Sun, Partial Shade
High
Standing
Prefers loamy or clay soils. Grows poorly in sandy soils.
Marshes, meadows, riverbanks and vernal pools
Coastal Sage Scrub, Lodgepole Forest, Red Fir Forest, Sagebrush Scrub, Valley Grassland, Yellow Pine Forest, Wetland-Riparian
Butterflies and moths supported
0 confirmed and 2 likely
Yellow-Collared Scape Moth
Cisseps fulvicollis