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Plants perennial, (30)60–90 cm tall, usually coarse, cespitose, base usually green to brown, stems with 2–6 strong longitudinal ridges visible on one side. |
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thin and wiry; blade flat and slightly inrolled; auricles soft and thin, 1.3–4 mm (longest auricles on early season shoots; those produced late in season are usually short), scarious or dirty white to translucent dull; acute or acuminate (those on late season shoots often blunt). |
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large, cymose, 6–21 cm, often reddish; bractlets subtending flowers usually acute; flowers solitary at the nodes; internodes longer than flowers. |
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tepals 6, green to light brown or reddish; tepal tips acuminate; erect; stamens 3; filaments 0.8–1.1 mm; anthers usually 0.6–0.8(1) mm; styles 0.2–0.4 mm. |
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2–3 mm, usually less than 75% of the length of the tepals, light brown to red; apex rounded to acute, not crested, 1-chambered. |
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0.3–0.6 × 0.2–0.25 mm, apiculate. |
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Juncus acutus |
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Shores, wet prairie remnants, seasonally wet ground, ditches. 100–500 m. WV. CA, WA; south to Mexico; central and eastern North America; New Zealand. Exotic. Juncus anthelatus is a rare introduction, often with a much larger inflorescence than J. tenuis. |
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Flora of Oregon, volume 1, page 271
Peter Zika |
J. acuminatus, J. anthelatus, J. articulatus, J. balticus, J. bolanderi, J. brevicaudatus, J. breweri, J. bryoides, J. bufonius, J. bulbosus, J. canadensis, J. capillaris, J. capitatus, J. compressus, J. confusus, J. conglomeratus, J. covillei, J. diffusissimus, J. drummondii, J. dudleyi, J. effusus, J. ensifolius, J. ensifolius x Juncus nevadensis, J. exiguus, J. falcatus, J. filiformis, J. gerardi, J. hemiendytus, J. hesperius, J. howellii, J. inflexus, J. interior, J. kelloggii, J. laccatus, J. lescurii, J. longistylis, J. marginatus, J. mertensianus, J. mexicanus, J. nevadensis, J. occidentalis, J. orthophyllus, J. oxymeris, J. parryi, J. patens, J. pelocarpus, J. planifolius, J. ranarius, J. regelii, J. saximontanus, J. supiniformis, J. tenuis, J. tiehmii, J. torreyi, J. triglumis, J. trilocularis, J. uncialis |
J. acuminatus, J. articulatus, J. balticus, J. bolanderi, J. brevicaudatus, J. breweri, J. bryoides, J. bufonius, J. bulbosus, J. canadensis, J. capillaris, J. capitatus, J. compressus, J. confusus, J. conglomeratus, J. covillei, J. diffusissimus, J. drummondii, J. dudleyi, J. effusus, J. ensifolius, J. ensifolius x Juncus nevadensis, J. exiguus, J. falcatus, J. filiformis, J. gerardi, J. hemiendytus, J. hesperius, J. howellii, J. inflexus, J. interior, J. kelloggii, J. laccatus, J. lescurii, J. longistylis, J. marginatus, J. mertensianus, J. mexicanus, J. nevadensis, J. occidentalis, J. orthophyllus, J. oxymeris, J. parryi, J. patens, J. pelocarpus, J. planifolius, J. ranarius, J. regelii, J. saximontanus, J. supiniformis, J. tenuis, J. tiehmii, J. torreyi, J. triglumis, J. trilocularis, J. uncialis |
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Flora NW, 
PNW Herbaria
WildflowerSearch
iNaturalist (observations)
USDA Plants Database
