Juncus effusus |
Juncus trifidus |
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common bog rush, common rush, common soft rush, pasture rush, soft or lamp rush, soft rush |
highland rush |
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Habit | Herbs, perennial, 4–13 dm. | Herbs, perennial, tufted, 1–4 dm. |
Rhizomes | short -branched, forming distinct, often large clumps. |
densely branching. |
Culms | erect, terete, 1–2.5 mm diam. at top of sheaths. |
few to many, erect to drooping. |
Cataphylls | several. |
2–4. |
Leaves | blade absent. |
basal and cauline, 2–4; auricles deeply lacerate, to 4 mm, membranous; blade dark green, flat to slightly channeled, 5–12 cm × 0.5–1 mm, margins finely serrulate. |
Inflorescences | lateral, compound dichasia, many flowered; primary bract erect, terete, extending well beyond dichasium. |
1–3(–4)-flowered; primary bract usually exceeding 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. |
bracteoles 2, usually lacerate; tepals brownish, widely lanceolate, 2.1–3 mm; inner series slightly shorter, apex acute; stamens 6, filaments 0.3–0.7 mm, anthers 1.2–1.5 mm; stigma 1.5–3 mm. |
Capsules | greenish tan or darker, 3-locular, broadly ellipsoid to oblate, 1.5–3.2 mm. |
brown, ellipsoid, 2.2–3.5 × 1.3–1.7 mm, longer than tepals. |
Seeds | amber, (0.3–)0.4–0.5 mm. |
brown, obliquely ovoid, 0.89–1.35 mm, not tailed. |
2n | = 40, 42. |
= 40. |
Juncus effusus |
Juncus trifidus |
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Phenology | Flowering summer, fruiting summer–fall. | Flowering and fruiting late spring–early 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 | Mostly in crevices of granitic (schistose) cliffs or rubble slopes in the higher regions of the Appalachians |
Elevation | Habitat??; 0–2500 m (Habitat??; 0–8200 ft) | 20–2000 m (100–6600 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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ME; NC; NH; NY; TN; VA; VT; NB; NL; NS; QC; Greenland; Europe; n Asia |
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. Poiophylli |
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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 | J. monanthos, J. trifidus subsp. carolinianus, J. trifidus subsp. monanthos, J. trifidus var. monanthos |
Name authority | Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 1: 326. (1753) | Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 1: 326. (1753) |
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