Eleocharis acicularis (L.) Roem. et Schult.

Needle Spike-rush

Minimum height	2
Maximal height	10
Life form	He
SBT (Social Behaviour Type)	NP
Ujvárosi's life form system	G1(h)
Modified Ellenberg - Müller-Dombois life form (main category)	G
Modified Ellenberg - Müller-Dombois life form (sub-category)	G_rhiz

Chromosome number	20
Ploidy level	NA

Phytosociological categorization (Soó)	231
Phytosociological categorization (Borhidi)	3.1.1.1
Nativeness	native species
Residence time
Introduction mode
Invasion status
Area type	CIR
Conservation status	not protected
Conservation value (HUF)
Year of protection
IUCN Red List category	LC
Hungarian Red List category
Conservation value category	TP

Ellenberg indicator values
EIV L	7
EIV T	6
EIV K	3
EIV F	10
EIV R	x
EIV N	2
EIV S	0
Zólyomi's ecological indicator values
TZ-scale	5
WZ-scale	10
RZ-scale	4
Soó's ecological indicator values
TS-scale	0
FS- scale	4-5
RS- scale	3
NS-scale	1-2
Borhidi's ecological indicator values
TB-scale	5
WB-scale	10
RB-scale	6
NB-scale	2
LB-scale	7
CB-scale	3
SB-scale	0

Leaf traits
Leaf Area (Lhotsky et al. 2016)	NA
Leaf Area (E-Vojtkó et al. 2020)	NA
Leaf Area (Gyalus et al. 2022)	NA
Leaf Area (McIntosh-Buday et al. 2022)	76.394
LDMC (Lhotsky et al. 2016)	NA
LDMC (E-Vojtkó et al. 2020)	NA
LDMC (Gyalus et al. 2022)	NA
LDMC (McIntosh-Buday et al. 2022)	409.269
SLA (Lhotsky et al. 2016)	NA
SLA (E-Vojtkó et al. 2020)	NA
SLA (Gyalus et al. 2022)	NA
SLA (McIntosh-Buday et al. 2022)	83.652
Leaf fresh mass (E-Vojtkó et al. 2020)	NA
Leaf fresh mass (McIntosh-Buday et al. 2022)	0.003
Leaf dry mass (E-Vojtkó et al. 2020)	NA
Leaf dry mass (McIntosh-Buday et al. 2022)	0.880

Distribution in Hungary

Distribution maps presented here are only for reference purposes, for more details see the Vascular plants of Hungary online database.

Last update: 3 February 2022.