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Cedar Glade Spike Rush

Eleocharis bifida
Also known as

Glade Spike Rush

29
Good
Tennessee · provisional Quercus Score

Calculated with the same rules as North Carolina, using Tennessee host-range and conservation-rank inputs. Native-status evidence is shown separately.

Tennessee scoring method and limits

Insect resources, birds and habitat

Caterpillars5 recorded species on the genus
Host genera of native Lepidoptera recorded in Tennessee; host association and range overlap, not confirmed local feeding.
Bees0 recorded species on the genus
Southeastern North America
Specialist bees0 recorded species on the genus
Eastern North America
Birds14 recorded species on the genus
North America
StructureGraminoid

Baseline 34; additional insect credit +0. Rarity adjustment -5 using the NC rule (unranked: −5; final score floor: 5). Missing records do not establish zero ecological use.

Tennessee native status unresolved. Tennessee yard-fit calculations are not available yet.

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County occurrence is not proof of native range or yard suitability. A missing record does not establish absence.

Tennessee statusTennessee native status unresolved
Source conservation rankSNR
Recorded in Tennessee8 counties in the atlas snapshot

Growing conditions

No reviewed growing-condition notes are attached yet.

Native-status evidence

Combined TN–KY atlas flag: Y. A regional flag alone does not settle Tennessee native status.

Combined-source assessment

Tennessee native status unresolved

A TN-specific UT native-guide page or an exact entry in the Tennessee rare-plant list supports a direct source claim. Otherwise, TN occurrence plus an atlas native flag and exact-name native evidence from NC flora or USDA L48 supports a provisional state inference. No one regional claim or occurrence alone establishes TN nativity; NC and L48 claims retain their actual scopes.

TN–KY Plant Atlas: native (TN–KY).

Sources

Machine-readable: plant evidence.

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