bolanderi A.Gray – Bolander's spikerush Eleocharis brassii S.T.Blake Eleocharis brittonii Svenson ex Small Eleocharis caespitosissima Baker Eleocharis cellulosa Torr. – coastal spikerush, Gulf Coast spikerush Eleocharis compressa Sull. – flatstem spikerush Eleocharis confervoides (Poir.) Steud. Eleocharis congesta D.Don Eleocharis cylindrostachys Boeckler Eleocharis dietrichiana Boeckler Eleocharis dulcis (Burm.f.) Trin. ex Hensch. – Chinese water chestnut Eleocharis elegans (Kunth) Roem. & Schult. Eleocharis equisetoides (Elliott) Torr. Eleocharis erythropoda Steud. – Red-stemmed spikerush Eleocharis filiculmis Kunth Eleocharis geniculata (L.) Roem. & Schult. – Canada spikesedge Eleocharis gracilis R.Br. Eleocharis halophila Fernald & Brackett – saltmarsh spikerush Eleocharis jacobsiana K.L.Wilson Eleocharis keigheryi K.L.Wilson Eleocharis kuroguwai Ohwi Eleocharis macrostachya Britton – pale spikerush Eleocharis montana (Kunth) Roem. & Schult. Eleocharis montevidensis Kunth – sand spikerush Eleocharis mutata (L.) Roem. & Schult. – scallion grass Eleocharis nitida Fernald – neat spikerush Eleocharis nodulosa Schult. Eleocharis obtusa (Willd.) Schult. – blunt spikerush Eleocharis ochrostachys Steud. Eleocharis pachycarpa Desv. – black sand spikerush Eleocharis pachystyla (C.Wright) C.B.Clarke – false junco Eleocharis pallens S.T.Blake – pale spikerush Eleocharis palustris (L.) Roem. & Schult. – common spikerush Eleocharis papillosa Latz Eleocharis parishii Britton – Parish's spikerush Eleocharis parvula (Roem. & Schult.) Link ex Bluff et al. – dwarf spikerush, hairgrass Eleocharis pellucida J.Presl & C.Presl Eleocharis philippinensis Svenson Eleocharis plana S.T.Blake Eleocharis pusilla R.Br. Eleocharis quadrangulata (Michx.) Roem. – squarestem spikerush Eleocharis quinqueflora (Hartmann) O.Schwarz – fewflower spikerush Eleocharis radicans (A.Dietr.) Kunth – rooted spikerush Eleocharis rivalis K.L.Wilson Eleocharis rostellata (Torr.) Torr. – beaked spikerush Eleocharis sanguinolenta K.L.Wilson Eleocharis sellowiana Kunth Eleocharis sphacelata R.Br. – tall spikerush Eleocharis spiralis (Rottb.) Schult. Eleocharis sundaica J.Kern Eleocharis tenuis (Willd.) Schult. – slender spikerush Eleocharis torticulmis S.G.Sm. – twist-stem spikerush Eleocharis tortilis (Link) Schult. – twisted spikerush Eleocharis triquetra K.L.Wilson Eleocharis tuberculosa (Michx.) Roem. & Schult. Eleocharis uniglumis (Link) (Link) Schult., 1824 Eleocharis vivipara Link – umbrella hairgrass References External links USDA Plants Profile: North American Species eFloras Profile Baksh & Richards (2006) An architectural model for Eleocharis: morphology and development of Eleocharis cellulosa (Cyperaceae). Am J Botany 93:707-15. Hairgrass Botany.com Rataj, Karel. 1977. Aquarium plants; hair grass. TFH 12/77. Cyperaceae genera Aquatic plants Freshwater plants