Bishop's Mitre vs elegant spike-rush

Aelia acuminata compared with Eleocharis elegans

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bishop's Mitre	elegant spike-rush
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Hemiptera (Hemiptera)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Pentatomidae	Cyperaceae
Genus	Aelia	Eleocharis
Species	Aelia acuminata	Eleocharis elegans

Conservation Status

Bishop's Mitre

LC — Least Concern

elegant spike-rush

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bishop's Mitre	elegant spike-rush
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bishop's Mitre

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

elegant spike-rush

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil and Colombia.

Bishop's Mitre

The Bishop's Mitre (Aelia acuminata) is a species in the genus Aelia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.