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Cyperaceae
Creeping spike-rush
Eleocharis palustris
Also known as Megadenus palustris, Creeping spikerush, Scirpus palustris var. major, Trichophyllum palustre
Zones 3–9Sun Full SunWater ModerateCare Moderate
Native Plants · Sedge · Wetland · Pond Plant · Marsh · Aquatic · Rush · Bog Garden · Wildlife Habitat
Pet-safeAttracts pollinators
Currently out of stock everywhereStock updated 9/6/2026
This wetland sedge requires consistently moist to wet soil conditions to thrive. Ideal for pond margins, rain gardens, and bog areas. Provides excellent habitat for waterfowl and wetland wildlife.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 6 hours
- Watering
- Maintain wet to moist soil conditions at all times · Keep consistently moist
- Maintenance
- Moderate
- Soil
- peat
- Soil pH
- 4–8
- Temperature
- -40°F to 90°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed, Division
Hardiness
USDA 3a-9b
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Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 6 in – 18 in
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 4 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Shallow
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Fine
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Afghanistan, Alabama, Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Algeria, Altay, Arizona, Arkansas, Assam, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Baltic States, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Buryatiya
- Attracts
- Birds
Sources: trefle, usda
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