Common Name:
DWARF SPIKE-RUSH
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Coefficient of Conservatism:
10
Coefficient of Wetness:
-5
Wetness Index:
OBL
Physiognomy:
Nt P-Sedge
Status:
E
B. S. Walters
spikelets
Known in Michigan from a “salt lick” near Hubbardston, Ionia Co. and brackish wetlands near the Maple River in Clinton Co.; recently collected only near the Maple River. A species of both Atlantic and Pacific coasts, extremely local inland in North America.
A small, delicate plant. The scales are acute to obtuse or rounded, greenish to straw-colored (sometimes with a little brownish on the sides), the lowermost sterile.