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Cyperaceae
Onescale spikerush
Eleocharis uniglumis
Also known as One-glume spike-rush, Eleocharis uniglumus, Scirpus palustris var. uniglumis, Eleocharis uniglumis var. typica
Native Plants · Aquatic · Wetland · Pond · Marginal Plant · Sedge · Grass-Like · Water Garden · Perennial · Native
Onescale spikerush thrives in wet, boggy conditions and is ideal for pond margins, rain gardens, or water features. It tolerates partial shade and requires no fertilizing once established in moist soil. This low-maintenance rush is best suited to outdoor water gardens rather than indoor cultivation.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 5 hours
- Watering
- Maintain standing water or saturated soil at all times · Keep consistently moist; do not allow to dry out
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 5.5–6.5
- Temperature
- -30°F to 95°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
Hardiness
USDA 4a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 6 in – 5 ft
- Spacing
- 6 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Shallow
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Fine
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Afghanistan, Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Algeria, Altay, Austria, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Central European Rus, China North-Central, China South-Central, Chita, Colorado, Czechoslovakia
- Attracts
- Birds
Sources: trefle, usda
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