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[0] Eleocharis sp. [1] Spikerush [3] seeds-summer to fall culms, tubers- all year [4] birds eat seeds, culms, tubers eaten by coots, ducks (mallard, pintail, redhead, ring-necked, lesser scaup, shoveller, cinnamon teal, green-winged teal) , Canada goose, snow goose, whistling swan, seeds eaten by Virginia rail, spotted sandpiper, common snipe [5] grows at water's edge, is of moderate importance to birds [2] 
birds eat seeds, culms, tubers
California Birds in your native plant garden
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