Eleocharis palustris (L.) Roem. & Schult.
(Common Spike-rush)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
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Eleocharis palustris ssp palustris
a common spike-rush
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 		Subspecies 5 images
Eleocharis palustris ssp vulgaris
a common spike-rush
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 		Subspecies 23 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesEleocharis palustris (Common 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)

Eleocharis palustris (Common Spike-rush) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Eleocharis palustris (Common Spike-rush)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 22 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Eleocharis palustris (Common Spike-rush)
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