trefle.io · Taken Jun 3, 2021 by Pietro Brignoli (cc-by-sa)
Cyperaceae
Ovate spikerush
Eleocharis ovata
Also known as Eleocharis ovata var. minima, Eleocharis soloniensis, Scirpus elegantulus, Eleogenus ovatus
Native Plants · Spikerush · Aquatic · Pond Plant · Wetland · Water Garden · Erosion Control · Marsh Plant · Bog Garden · Semi-Aquatic
An aquatic or semi-aquatic plant perfect for pond margins, water gardens, or consistently wet soils. Requires constant moisture or shallow standing water to thrive and produces small but attractive seed heads. Excellent for erosion control in wet areas and provides habitat for aquatic wildlife.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 6 hours
- Watering
- Maintain water level 1-2 inches above soil surface · Keep constantly moist or in shallow water
- Maintenance
- Moderate
- Soil
- peat
- Soil pH
- 5.5–6.5
- Temperature
- -40°F to 95°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
Hardiness
USDA 3a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 6 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 18 in
- 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
- Albania, Alberta, Altay, Arizona, Assam, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, British Columbia, Buryatiya, Central European Rus, China North-Central, China South-Central, Connecticut, Czechoslovakia, East European Russia, France, Germany, Hungary
- Attracts
- Birds
Sources: trefle, usda
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