
naturalizedCyperaceae
Eleocharis geniculata
Canada Spikesedge
Naturalized (non-native)non-native
Introduced and now reproducing on its own in the wild.
Eleocharis geniculata is a species of spikesedge known by several common names, including bent spikerush and Canada spikesedge. This is a widespread plant of wet areas in the Americas, Asia, Africa, Australia, Madagascar, and some Pacific Islands. It is an annual spikesedge growing to a maximum height of about 40 centimeters. It has a few straw-colored leaves and many thin erect stems. The stems hold inflorescences of rounded spikelets each containing at least 10 tiny flowers....
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Seasonality
Only 1 phenology-annotated observation exist for this species in Hawaiʻi — too few to describe a season. No window is inferred.
Gallery · 7 · iNaturalist
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Where documented · 35 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 34 · GBIF 46 records
Waikīkī · OʻahuiNat 5 · GBIF 4 ✓
Waimea · KauaʻiGBIF 7
Honouliuli · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 4 ✓
Kailua · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 4 ✓
Honolulu · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 2 ✓
Heʻeia · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Puʻuwaʻawaʻa · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waiākea · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kahuku · OʻahuGBIF 3
Hanamāʻulu · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waiawa · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Maunalua · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kalauao · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kahakuloa · MauiGBIF 2
Piʻihonua · HawaiʻiGBIF 2
Hanakaʻōʻō · MauiGBIF 2
Kapaʻa · KauaʻiGBIF 2
Pālāwai · LānaʻiGBIF 2
Pūkoʻo 2 · MolokaʻiiNat 1
Kalapakī · KauaʻiiNat 1
Hanakāpīʻai · KauaʻiiNat 1
Kamalō · MolokaʻiiNat 1
ʻAlaeiki · MauiiNat 1
Waiāhole · OʻahuiNat 1
Waimalu · OʻahuiNat 1
Waiʻanae · OʻahuiNat 1
Kahana · OʻahuiNat 1
Hanalei · KauaʻiiNat 1
Nāmāhana · KauaʻiiNat 1
Kalihi · OʻahuiNat 1
Hanakoa · KauaʻiGBIF 1
Kula · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Kahana · MauiGBIF 1
Mapulehu · MolokaʻiGBIF 1






