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Habitat:
Streambanks, open wet areas and marshes.
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Species Description:
Perennial herb.
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Phenology:
Flowering Period: Early June to late October.
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Additional Information at NatureServe
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Diagnostic Characteristics:
Eleocharis flavescens, bright green spikerush, has leaf shead with loos scarious tips. The spikelets are small, 2-7 mm and have only a few flowers and with scales (<20). The achenes are blackish (when mature).
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Management:
Avoid changes in moisture/hydrologic conditions at the site. Changes could result from overstory removal, stream/wetland alteration or impacts due to erosion.
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Global Range:
E. olivacea occurs along the Atlantic Coastal Plain from Nova Scotia south to Florida. It occurs locally inland from Maine west to Minnesota, south to Pennsylvania, Ohio and Illinois.
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Known Kentucky Occurrences:
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