Eleocharis

Valleys and lowlands with higher amounts of water available to vegetation host species of sedges (Eleocharis), rushes (Juncus), grasses (Agrostis, Hordeum, Polypogon) and in saline areas species of halphytic species (Distichlis, Nitrophila, Puccinellina).

Patagonian steppe 2008

Other species found with these communities are Cassytha filiformis, Ipomoea sagittata, Pluchea purpurascens, Crinum americanum, Fuirena breviseta, Dichromena ciliata, Eleocharis caribaea (E), Bletia purpurea, Agalinis sp. and Dichanthelium dichotomum.

Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve, Mexico 2008

This vegetation type occurs as a mosaic with three intermingled associations dominated by Cladium jamaicense, Schoenus nigricans, and Eleocharis cellulosa respectively.

Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve, Mexico 2008

Herbaceous and scrub swamps are often dominated by one or only a few species of plants, and may include Typha dominguensis, Leersia hexandra and Cyperus giganteus for the northern swamps and Eleocharis interstincta, Lagenocarpus guianensis and Rhynchosphora corymbosa for the southern swamps.

Paramaribo swamp forests 2008

These areas are dominated by sedges and grasses such as Cyperus giganteus, Eleocharis geniculata, Rhynchospora trispicata, Hymenachne spp.,

Beni savanna 2008

There are also some genera that show a concentration of endemic species on one end or the other of the island as happens with Eriocaulon, Eleocharis, Kalmiella, etc. that are typical of the western end while Cyrilla, Vaccinium, Spathelia, etc. concentrate their greater endemism at the eastern end.

Cuban moist forests 2008

Other scarce and little-studied species that are found in these marsh areas are: Amoreuxia wrightii, Ipomoea wrightiii, Pluchea odorata, Pluchea sagittalia and Eleocharis mutata.

Paraguana xeric scrub 2007

Associated species in brackish marshes are Eleocharis mutata, Fimbristylis, Cyperus odoratus and Phragmites spp.; in swamp wood with Symphonia globulifera, Virola surinamensis, Pterocarpus officinalis; in freshwater marshes with Cyperus giganteus, Gynerium sagittatum, Montrichardia arborescens as well as patches of floating marsh and Palm swamp forest.

Trinidad mangroves 2007

Typical grassland species include Axonopus purpusii, Eleocharis acutangula, and Panicum spp.

Pantanal 2007

The familiar Chinese water chestnut is actually the corm of an Eleocharis sp., a member of the Cyperaceae family.

Macrophytes 2007