Juncus effusus |
Juncus howellii |
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common bog rush, common rush, common soft rush, pasture rush, soft or lamp rush, soft rush |
Howell's rush |
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Habit | Herbs, perennial, 4–13 dm. | Herbs, perennial, 2–6 dm. |
Rhizomes | short -branched, forming distinct, often large clumps. |
long creeping. |
Culms | erect, terete, 1–2.5 mm diam. at top of sheaths. |
erect, slightly compressed, never rooting at nodes. |
Cataphylls | several. |
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Leaves | blade absent. |
basal 2–4, cauline 2–3; auricles 1–3 mm, apex rounded to acutish, membranous; blade flat, 10–30 cdm × 2–4 mm, reduced distally, margins occasionally papillose. |
Inflorescences | lateral, compound dichasia, many flowered; primary bract erect, terete, extending well beyond dichasium. |
glomerules, usually 3–9, each with 3–8(–10) flowers, open, 2–9 cm; primary bract much shorter 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. |
tepals yellow-brown with green midstripe, lanceolate, 5–6.5 mm, margins clear; outer and inner series nearly equal, adaxially papillose; stamens 6, filaments 0.5–1 mm, anthers 1.8–2.6 mm; style 0.6 mm. |
Capsules | greenish tan or darker, 3-locular, broadly ellipsoid to oblate, 1.5–3.2 mm. |
tan, 3-locular, obovoid, 3–5 mm, shorter than perianth. |
Seeds | amber, (0.3–)0.4–0.5 mm. |
ovoid, body 0.5–0.7 mm, tails 0.2–0.4 mm. |
2n | = 40, 42. |
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Juncus effusus |
Juncus howellii |
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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 | Moist ground in mountain meadows |
Elevation | Habitat??; 0–2500 m (Habitat??; 0–8200 ft) | 850–2500 m (2800–8200 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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CA; ID; OR; WA
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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. Genuini | Juncaceae > Juncus > subg. Graminifolii |
Sibling taxa | ||
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) | F. J. Hermann: Leaflets of Western Botany 5: 182. (1949) |
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