(Needle Spikerush)
- Type:
- Grass
- Light Exposure:
- Full Sun
- Soil Moisture:
- Medium
- Height:
- 6 to 12 inches
- Project:
- Shoreline Buffer
- Bloom Color:
- Green
- Bloom Months:
- July
- Flooding / Inundation Tolerance:
- High
- Salt Tolerance:
- Medium
- Stress Tolerance:
- Fire Tolerant
- Herbivore Sensitivity:
- Medium to High
- Behavior (Rate of Spread):
- 3
- Pollinator Value:
- None Known
- Benefit to Pollinators:
- None Known
- Pollinators:
- Wind
- Counties:
- Aitkin, Anoka, Becker, Beltrami, Benton, Big Stone, Blue Earth, Brown, Carlton, Carver, Cass, Chippewa, Chisago, Clay, Clearwater, Cook, Crow Wing, Dakota, Douglas, Fillmore, Freeborn, Goodhue, Hennepin, Houston, Hubbardard, Isanti, Itasca, Jackson, Kandiyohi, Kandiyohibec, Kittson, Koochiching, Lac qui, Lake, Lake of the Woods, Le Sueur, Lyon, Marshall, Meeker, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Mower, Nicollet, Nobles, Norman, Otter Tail, Pennington, Pine, Pipestone, Polk, Ramsey, Red Lake, Redwood, Renville, Rice, Rock, Roseau, SCottonwood, Sherburne, Sibley, St. Louis, Stearns, Swift, Todd, Wabasha, Wadena, Washington, Wilkin, Winona, Wright, Yellow Medicine
Notes/Description:
Spike Rush is a cool-season, clump-forming species that prefers full sun and wet soil. One of the most common spike rush species in Minnesota, it is a good wetland restoration species.