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diffuse rush, slimpod rush

Habit Rhizomatous perennial 3-7 dm. tall.
Leaves

Leaves alternate, the blades flat, 1.5-3 mm. broad;

leaf bases sheathing, the sheaths several, the uppermost extending to above midlength of the flowering stem.

Flowers

Inflorescence many-flowered, loosely cymose, 3-10 cm. long;

perianth 3-4 mm. long, the 6 segments dark brown with a greenish mid-stripe, blunt, and hooded at the tip;

stamens 6, the anthers much longer than the filaments.

Fruit

Capsule ovoid to obovoid, rounded, about equal to the perianth.

Juncus gerardii

Juncus diffusissimus

Flowering time June-September June-August
Habitat Coastal salt marshes. Silty or gravelly riverbanks, and sandy depressions.
Distribution
Occurring west of the Cascades crest in counties along the Puget Sound and outer coast; British Columbia to Oregon, east sporadically across the U.S. to the northern Atlantic coast of the U.S. and Canada; circumboreal.
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Occurring west of the Cascades crest in Washington; southwestern Washington to California; also in the southeastern U.S., where native.
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Origin Native Introduced from the southeastern U.S.
Conservation status Not of concern Not of concern
Sibling taxa
J. acuminatus, J. alpinoarticulatus, J. anthelatus, J. articulatus, J. balticus, J. bolanderi, J. brachycarpus, J. brevicaudatus, J. breweri, J. bufonius, J. bulbosus, J. canadensis, J. compressus, J. confusus, J. conglomeratus, J. covillei, J. diffusissimus, J. drummondii, J. dudleyi, J. effusus, J. ensifolius, J. falcatus, J. filiformis, J. gerardi, J. hemiendytus, J. hesperius, J. howellii, J. inflexus, J. interior, J. kelloggii, J. laccatus, J. longistylis, J. mertensianus, J. nevadensis, J. nodosus, J. occidentalis, J. orthophyllus, J. oxymeris, J. parryi, J. patens, J. pelocarpus, J. pylaei, J. regelii, J. saximontanus, J. supiniformis, J. tenuis, J. tiehmii, J. torreyi, J. trilocularis, J. uncialis, J. vaseyi
J. acuminatus, J. alpinoarticulatus, J. anthelatus, J. articulatus, J. balticus, J. bolanderi, J. brachycarpus, J. brevicaudatus, J. breweri, J. bufonius, J. bulbosus, J. canadensis, J. compressus, J. confusus, J. conglomeratus, J. covillei, J. drummondii, J. dudleyi, J. effusus, J. ensifolius, J. falcatus, J. filiformis, J. gerardi, J. hemiendytus, J. hesperius, J. howellii, J. inflexus, J. interior, J. kelloggii, J. laccatus, J. longistylis, J. mertensianus, J. nevadensis, J. nodosus, J. occidentalis, J. orthophyllus, J. oxymeris, J. parryi, J. patens, J. pelocarpus, J. pylaei, J. regelii, J. saximontanus, J. supiniformis, J. tenuis, J. tiehmii, J. torreyi, J. trilocularis, J. uncialis, J. vaseyi
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