Eleocharis (Spikerush)

(Eleocharis) · 6/23/2025 · Otter Brrok Preserve, Harpswell Heritage Land Trust, Harpswell, Maine · ≈ 3½ × 3½″ (9.3 × 8.9 cm) Species not yet identified

(Eleocharis) · 6/23/2025 · Otter Brrok Preserve, Harpswell Heritage Land Trust, Harpswell, Maine · ≈ 6 × 6″ (14 × 15 cm) Species not yet identified

(Eleocharis) · 6/23/2025 · Otter Brrok Preserve, Harpswell Heritage Land Trust, Harpswell, Maine · ≈ 10 × 14″ (24 × 36 cm) Species not yet identified

Kingdom	Plantae	Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae (from Stearn's Botanical Latin)
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta	Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients
Division	Magnoliophyta	Flowering plants, also known as angiosperms
Class	Liliopsida	Monocots (plants with a single seed leaf); includes the lily family
Subclass	Commelinidae	Dayflowers and spiderworts, and several others
Order	Cyperales	Flowering plants including grasses
Family	Cyperaceae	Sedge family
Genus	Eleocharis	From the Greek ἕλειος (heleios), “marsh dweller,” and χάρις (charis), “grace”