Pond Boss Forums AQUATIC VEGETATION Controlling unwanted plants Control slender spikerush

Okay - I think we are talking about two different species or types of plants. Slender spikerush is Eleocharis tenuis. It has single small reed like stems that are emergent forms of aquatic plants. It does not normally break off and form mats. Single broken stems will float but not in mats, although if one had lots of broken or cut stems they would form windrows of floating stems. Those pictured by Kelly are not what I know as slender spikerush - E.tenuis. The plankts that I know as slender spikerush are pictured in the two links included below. To be more sure what you have can you post a picture of it or email it to Kelly or me?

http://www.biosurvey.ou.edu/wetland/images/eleocharis_tenuis.gif

http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ELTET&photoID=elca16_001_avd.tif