Eleocharis mamillata ssp austriaca (Hayek) Strandh.
(Northern Spike-rush)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SubspeciesEleocharis mamillata ssp austriaca (Northern Spike-rush)
SpeciesEleocharis mamillata (Northern Spike-rush)
GenusEleocharis (spike-rushes)
FamilyCYPERACEAE (cotton-grasses, spike-rushes and sedges)
OrderPOALES (grasses, sedges & rushes)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Eleocharis mamillata ssp austriaca (Northern Spike-rush) :
1: Eleocharis mamillata ssp austriaca (Northern Spike-rush)
15 Jun 2010 OSGR: SD77 54° 10’ N, 2° 20’ W Vice County: Mid-west Yorks (VC 64) England
growing on dried up pond bed
Image 1: In situImage 2: In situ (2)Image 3: In situ - close-upImage 4: Plants - lain downImage 5: Floret - close-up - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 6: Floret - close-up - highly enlarged - white background (2)Image 7: Floret - close-up - highly enlarged - white background (3)Image 8: Flower head - base - close-up - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 9: Flower head - base - close-up - highly enlarged - white background (2)Image 10: Flower heads - close-up - enlargedImage 11: Flower heads - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 12: Flower heads - enlarged - white backgroundImage 13: Flower heads - enlarged - white background (2)Image 14: Leaf sheaths - close-up - enlargedImage 15: Stem - oblique section - close-up - highly enlarged - white background

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Walters, S.M. 1963 Eleocharis austriaca Hayek, a species new to the British Isles Watsonia Vol 5: 329-335.

Eleocharis mamillata ssp austriaca (Northern Spike-rush) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Eleocharis mamillata ssp austriaca (Northern Spike-rush)
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