Juncus chlorocephalus |
Juncus effusus |
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green head rush |
common bog rush, common rush, common soft rush, pasture rush, soft or lamp rush, soft rush |
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Habit | Herbs, perennial, cespitose, 2–4.5 dm. | Herbs, perennial, 4–13 dm. |
Rhizomes | short -branched, forming distinct, often large clumps. |
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Culms | erect, terete, 1–3 mm diam., smooth. |
erect, terete, 1–2.5 mm diam. at top of sheaths. |
Cataphylls | 1, straw-colored or maroon, apex acute. |
several. |
Leaves | basal 1–2, cauline 2–3; auricles 2–3.5 mm, apex rounded, scarious; blade terete, 2–16 cm × 1–2 mm. |
blade absent. |
Inflorescences | single heads (rarely cluster of 2–3 heads), 0.5–2 cm; primary bract erect; heads 15–25-flowered, spheric, 11–14 mm diam. |
lateral, compound dichasia, many flowered; primary bract erect, terete, extending well beyond dichasium. |
Flowers | tepals light green to light pink or white, lanceolate, 3.1–4.2 mm, apex obtuse; stamens 6, anthers 2–3 times filament length. |
tepals tan or darker, usually with greenish midstripe, lanceolate, 1.9–3.5 mm; inner slightly shorter; stamens 3, filaments 0.5–0.8 mm, anthers 0.5–0.8 mm; style 0.2 mm. |
Capsules | included, straw-colored, 1-locular, broadly obovoid to ovoid, 2.2–2.5 mm, apex obtuse, valves separating at dehiscence, fertile throughout or only proximal to middle. |
greenish tan or darker, 3-locular, broadly ellipsoid to oblate, 1.5–3.2 mm. |
Seeds | oblong, 0.5 mm, not tailed; body clear yellow-brown. |
amber, (0.3–)0.4–0.5 mm. |
2n | = 40, 42. |
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Juncus chlorocephalus |
Juncus effusus |
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Phenology | Fruiting mid summer–fall. | Flowering summer, fruiting summer–fall. |
Habitat | Sandbars, meadows, damp soil in rock outcrops, and talus | Swamps and their edges, marshes, moist meadows, and moist or saturated soils, often conspicuous in pasture meadows where it is shunned by grazing animals |
Elevation | 1400–3000 m (4600–9800 ft) | Habitat??; 0–2500 m (Habitat??; 0–8200 ft) |
Distribution |
CA; NV
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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; NE; NH; NJ; NV; NY; OH; OK; OR; PA; RI; SC; TN; TX; VA; VT; WA; WI; WV; WV; BC; MB; NB; NF; NS; ON; PE; QC
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Discussion | The Juncus effusus complex has been variously recognized as containing several species or a single species with numerous infraspecific taxa. Unfortunately, North American treatments have dealt primarily with taxa in either the eastern or western portions of the continent. In considering the continent as a whole, little sense can be made of these treatments. The North American J. effusus complex is one that is in obvious need of modern systematic scrutiny. (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. Septati | Juncaceae > Juncus > subg. Genuini |
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Synonyms | J. conglomeratus, J. effusus var. brunneus, J. effusus var. caeruleomontanus, J. effusus var. costulatus, J. effusus var. dicipiens, J. effusus var. exiguus, J. effusus var. gracilis, J. effusus var. pylaei, J. effusus var. solutus, J. effusus var. subglomeratus, J. griscomii | |
Name authority | Engelmann | Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 1: 326. (1753) |
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