Acute spikerush vs Harmless Serotine

Eleocharis acutangula compared with Eptesicus innoxius

Key Differences

• Acute spikerush is Not Evaluated while Harmless Serotine is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Acute spikerush	Harmless Serotine
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Poales (Grasses)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Cyperaceae	Vespertilionidae
Genus	Eleocharis	Eptesicus
Species	Eleocharis acutangula	Eptesicus innoxius

Conservation Status

Acute spikerush

NE — Not Evaluated

Harmless Serotine

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Acute spikerush	Harmless Serotine
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Acute spikerush

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Guinea), Asia (Nepal, Singapore, Taiwan), North America (Cuba, United States), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Harmless Serotine

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Ecuador. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

Acute spikerush

The Acute spikerush (Eleocharis acutangula) is a species in the genus Eleocharis. This species inhabits Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes, found across Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Guinea, and Nepal.