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Juncus tenuis

Juncus pervetus

path rush, poverty rush, slender rush
Habit Tufted perennial, the stems 1.5-6 dm. tall.
Leaves

Leaves only on the basal portion of the stem;

leaf blades flattened, 0.5-1.5 mm. broad;

leaf bases sheathing, the sheaths projecting upward into auricles that are either gristle-like and short or membranous and elongate.

Flowers

Flowers few to numerous in a terminal, congested to open, cymose inflorescence, exceeded by the involucral bract;

perianth 4-5 mm. long, the 6 segments greenish to tawny with a green midrib, the margins membranous, the tip acute or awl-like;

stamens 6, the anthers shorter than the filaments.

Fruits

Capsule firm, cylindric-ovoid, truncate, about equal to the perianth.

Juncus tenuis

Juncus pervetus
Flowering time June - September
Habitat Shores, seeps, damp ground, and ditches.
Distribution
Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to California, east across North America to the Atlantic Coast.
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Origin Native
Conservation status 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. 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. 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
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