The plants of this genus have few features to use for identification. It is fairly easy to place them as Eleocharis but trickier to tell one from the other. This one being the commonest is fairly tall sometimes over 0.5m.

Although a quite insignificant plant, E. palustris has been recorded from almost everywhere in the British Isles and Ireland.

Edge of Loch Lubnaig, Scotland 11th July 2005

Added on October 24th 2005, updated 25th December 2008, updated 29th March 2010