Juncus effusus |
Juncus hallii |
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common bog rush, common rush, common soft rush, pasture rush, soft or lamp rush, soft rush |
Hall's rush |
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Habit | Herbs, perennial, 4–13 dm. | Herbs, perennial, strongly tufted, to 4 dm. |
Rhizomes | short -branched, forming distinct, often large clumps. |
densely short-branched. |
Culms | erect, terete, 1–2.5 mm diam. at top of sheaths. |
terete. |
Cataphylls | several. |
several. |
Leaves | blade absent. |
auricles 0.2 mm, apex acutish to rounded, scarious; blade 4–15 cm. |
Inflorescences | lateral, compound dichasia, many flowered; primary bract erect, terete, extending well beyond dichasium. |
2–7-flowered, loose to congested; primary bract usually longer than inflorescence. |
Flowers | 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. |
pedicellate; bracteoles ovate; tepals light brown with green midstripe, lanceolate or widely so, 4–5 mm, margins scarious; inner series loosely subtending capsule at maturity, shorter; stamens 6, filaments 0.8 mm, anthers 0.8–1.1 mm; style 0.2 mm. |
Capsules | greenish tan or darker, 3-locular, broadly ellipsoid to oblate, 1.5–3.2 mm. |
brown, 3-locular, oblong-ovoid, 3.5–5 × 1.5–1.9 mm, slightly exceeding perianth. |
Seeds | amber, (0.3–)0.4–0.5 mm. |
amber, body 0.5 mm, tails 0.3 mm. |
2n | = 40, 42. |
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Juncus effusus |
Juncus hallii |
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Phenology | Flowering summer, fruiting summer–fall. | Flowering and fruiting summer. |
Habitat | Swamps and their edges, marshes, moist meadows, and moist or saturated soils, often conspicuous in pasture meadows where it is shunned by grazing animals | Exposed slopes, stream banks, and meadows in montane and alpine areas |
Elevation | Habitat??; 0–2500 m (Habitat??; 0–8200 ft) | 1600–3000 m (5200–9800 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; 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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CO; ID; MT; UT; WA; WY |
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. Genuini | 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 | Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 1: 326. (1753) | Engelmann |
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