Juncus filiformis |
Juncus acuminatus |
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thread rush |
knotty-leaf rush, sharp-fruit rush, tapered rush, tapertip rush |
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Habit | Herbs, perennial, 0.2–3.5 dm. | Herbs, perennial, cespitose, not rhizomatous, 1.4–10 dm. |
Rhizomes | widely creeping, sparingly branched, 1.5–2 mm diam., nodes closely set. |
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Culms | terete, 1 mm diam. |
erect, terete, 1–3 mm diam., smooth. |
Cataphylls | several. |
1–2, gray, apex acute. |
Leaves | blade absent. |
basal 1–2, cauline 1–2; auricles 1–1.5 mm, apex rounded, scarious; blade green, straw-colored, or pink, nearly terete, 1–40 cm. |
Inflorescences | 3–10(–12)-flowered, loosely congested, 1–2 cm; primary bract terete, nearly equaling to much longer than culm. |
terminal panicles of 5–50 heads, 5–15 cm, branches ascending; primary bract erect; heads (2–)5–20(–50)-flowered, hemispheric (to spheric), 3–10 mm diam. |
Flowers | pedicellate; bracteoles broadly ovate, tepals light brown or green, lanceolate, 2.5–4.2 mm; inner series loosely subtending capsule at maturity, slightly shorter, margins scarious; stamens 6, filaments 0.5–0.9 mm, anthers 0.5–0.7 mm; style 0.2 mm. |
tepals light brown to greenish, lanceolate, 2.6–3.5(–3.9) mm, apex acuminate; stamens 3 (or 6), anthers 1/3 filament length. |
Capsules | tan, 3-locular, nearly globose, 2.5–3 × 1.8–2.1 mm, shorter than perianth. |
equaling perianth or slightly exserted, straw-colored, 1-locular, ellipsoid to narrowly ovoid, 2.8–3.5(–4) mm, apex acute, valves separating at dehiscence, fertile throughout or only proximal to middle. |
Seeds | amber, 0.5–0.6 mm, not tailed. |
ellipsoid to oblong, 0.3–0.4 mm, not tailed; body clear yellow-brown. |
2n | = 40, 70, 80, 84. |
= 40. |
Juncus filiformis |
Juncus acuminatus |
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Phenology | Flowering and fruiting summer. | Fruiting early summer–fall. |
Habitat | Usually sandy, moist or wet soil along stream banks, pools, lakes or in meadow depressions, rarely in bogs, frequently hidden by larger vegetation | Shores, swamps, ditches, springs, wet meadows, and rock outcrops |
Elevation | 0–3000 m (0–9800 ft) | 0–2200 m (0–7200 ft) |
Distribution |
AK; CO; ID; MA; ME; MI; MN; MT; NE; NH; NJ; NY; OR; PA; UT; VT; WA; WI; WV; WY; AB; BC; MB; NB; NL; NS; NT; NU; ON; PE; QC; SK; YT; SPM; Greenland; Eurasia; Atlantic Islands (Iceland)
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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; NM; NY; OH; OK; OR; PA; RI; SC; TN; TX; VA; VT; WA; WI; WV; BC; NS; ON; QC; Mexico; Central America (Honduras)
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Source | FNA vol. 22. | FNA vol. 22. |
Parent taxa | Juncaceae > Juncus > subg. Genuini | Juncaceae > Juncus > subg. Septati |
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Synonyms | J. acuminatus var. legitimus, J. pallescens, J. pondii | |
Name authority | Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 1: 326. (1753) | Michaux: Flora Boreali-Americana 1: 192. (1803) |
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