Eleocharis macrostachya

This is a rhizomatous perennial generally reaching heights between 1.5-3'. Pale spikerush is a plant of varied moist habitats, including freshwater lakes and brackish marshes and ponds, ditches, vernal pools, and wet meadows. It has bright green erect stems and straw-colored basal leaves. That would provide a lush boarder around a backyard pond. It is found from the West Coast of the US, east to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, and south to Louisiana. Useful for erosion control, wildlife food and cover, and for increasing plant diversity. The rhizomes also form a matrix for many beneficial bacteria making this plant an excellent choice for wastewater treatment. No Historical Uses found Found in it grows in wet meadows, irrigation ditches, springs, seepage areas, freshwater marshes, rivers, and along lakeshores. . Communitites located in Wetland-riparian Between 0 and 8202 feet.