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Ovate Spikerush

Eleocharis ovata

857 observations in the source records

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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28 photos

Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.

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What the records say

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 42, February 31, March 49, April 77, May 112, June 122, July 130, August 112, September 82, October 61, November 34, December 26.
United States2,591
Alaska879
Canada735
Ontario444
Minnesota290
Missouri218
Quebec155
Wisconsin134
New York121
Illinois109

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
Classmonocots · Liliopsida
Ordergrasses, sedges, cattails, and allies · Poales
FamilySedges · Cyperaceae
Genusspikerushes · Eleocharis

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Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Ovate Spikerush with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.