Juncus bufonius |
Juncus tiehmii |
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common toad rush, toad rush |
Nevada rush, Tiehm's dwarf rush, Tiehm's rush |
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Habit | Herbs, annual, cespitose, 0.5–4 dm. | Herbs, annual, cespitose, 0.1–0.6 dm. |
Culms | 1–many, occasionally becoming decumbent. |
to 150, 0.1–0.2 mm diam. |
Cataphylls | 0–2. |
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Leaves | basal and cauline; auricles rudimentary or absent; blade flat, 3–13 cm × 0.3–1.1 mm. |
to 2.5 cm × 0.1–0.3 mm. |
Inflorescences | loose and diffuse or less often compact, usually at least ½1/2 total height of plant; primary bract shorter than inflorescence. |
headlike clusters, each with 1–4(–7) flowers; bracts subtending inflorescence 2–4(–8), ovate, inconspicuous, 0.6–1.5 mm, membranous, apex acute. |
Flowers | bracteoles 2; tepals greenish, lanceolate, 3.8–7(–8.5) mm; inner series slightly shorter, apex sometimes obtuse; stamens 3–6, filaments (0.7–)1–1.8 mm, anthers 0.3–0.8 mm; style 0.1–0.2 mm. |
3-merous; : tepals 4(–6), green or darker, acute to acuminate, 1.9–2.9 × 0.4–0.6 mm, nearly equal; stamens 2(–3), filaments 0.5–0.8 mm, anthers 0.3–0.4 mm; style 0.2–0.3 mm, stigma 0.2–0.7 mm. |
Capsules | tan to reddish brown, 3-locular, ellipsoid to narrowly so, slightly truncate, 2.7–4 × 1–1.5 mm, sometimes exceeding inner tepals but usually not outer series. |
pink-tinged, 2- or 3-locular, ellipsoid to narrowly oblate, 1.9–2.9 × 1.1–1.5 mm, nearly equal or slightly longer than tepals. |
Seeds | yellowish, widely ellipsoid to ovoid, 0.26–0.49, not tailed. |
oblate to ovoid, 0.35–0.55 mm. |
n | = 17. |
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2n | = 27–37, 58–81, 108–115. |
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Juncus bufonius |
Juncus tiehmii |
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Phenology | Flowering and fruiting spring–early fall. | Flowering and fruiting mid spring–early fall. |
Habitat | Moist soils in meadows, along lakeshores or stream banks, ditches, or roadsides, especially frequent in drawdown areas, usually in open sites and often becoming weedy | Bare, moist granitic sand along streams, seepage areas around outcrops, and depressions in meadows |
Elevation | 300–3100 m (1000–10200 ft) | |
Distribution |
AK; AL; AR; AZ; CA; CO; CT; DC; DE; FL; GA; IA; ID; IL; IN; KS; KY; LA; MA; MD; ME; MI; MN; MO; MS; MT; NC; ND; NE; NH; NJ; NM; NV; NY; OH; OK; OR; PA; RI; SC; SD; TN; TX; UT; VA; VT; WA; WI; WV; WY; AB; BC; MB; NB; NL; NS; NT; ON; PE; QC; SK; YT; Greenland; nearly worldwide
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CA; ID; NV; WA; Mexico |
Discussion | Nearly worldwide, Juncus bufonius is found essentially throughout North America except north of the Alaskan and Canadian tTaiga. Juncus bufonius is a highly polymorphic complex that is poorly understood systematically. Insufficient evidence exists upon which to base the segregation of the plethora of taxa that have been recognized out of this group in the past. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 22. | FNA vol. 22. |
Parent taxa | Juncaceae > Juncus > subg. Poiophylli | Juncaceae > Juncus > subg. Graminifolii |
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Synonyms | J. bufonius var. congestus, J. bufonius var. halophilus, J. bufonius var. hybridus, J. bufonius var. occidentalis, J. bufonius var. ranarius, J. congestus, J. ranarius | |
Name authority | Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 1: 328. (1753) | Ertter: Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 39: 60, figs. 13f–g, 14. (1986) |
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