black needle rush, blackgrass, blackgrass rush, Gerard's rush, saltmarsh rush, saltmeadow rush
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Herbs, perennial, 2–9 dm. |
Herbs, perennial, rarely annual, perennials rhizomatous. |
long- creeping. |
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terete. |
1–3. |
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basal, (1–)2–4; auricles 0.4–0.6(–0.8) mm, scarious; blade flat or somewhat channeled, 10–40 cm × 0.4–0.7 mm, margins entire. |
basal and cauline; blade usually flat, involute, rarely nearly terete, channeled, not septate. |
10–30(–80)-flowered, usually loose and somewhat lax, 2–16 cm; primary bract rarely surpassing inflorescence. |
terminal cymes, usually sympodial (monopodial in J. trifidus); bracts erect or ascending, flat, involute, or terete; bracteoles 2, at base of perianth. |
bracteoles 2; tepals dark brown or blackish, lanceolate-ovate to oblong, 2.6–3.2(–3.8) mm; inner and outer series nearly equal, apex obtuse; stamens 6, filaments 0.4–0.7 mm, anthers 1.1–1.6(–1.8) mm; style 0.4 mm. |
borne singly, not in heads. |
chestnut brown or brown, 3-locular, widely ellipsoid, (2.2–)2.5–3.2(–3.5) × 1.3–1.9 mm. |
1-locular (placentae 1/2–3/4 distance to central axis) or 3-locular, rarely beaked. |
dark brown, ellipsoid to lunate, 0.485–0.6(–0.67) mm, not tailed. |
not tailed (except J. vaseyi). |
= ca. 80, 84. |
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Flowering and fruiting late spring–summer. |
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Forming extensive colonies in exposed coastal estuary meadows and salt marshes just above high- tide line, also inland |
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CO; CT; DE; IL; IN; KS; KY; MA; MD; ME; MI; MN; MO; MT; ND; NH; NJ; NY; OH; OR; OR; PA; RI; UT; VA; VT; WA; WI; BC; MB; NB; NF; NS; ON; PE; QC; SPM; Greenland; Europe; Asia
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Species 25 (18 in the flora). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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2. Leaves minutely serrulate; auricles deeply lacerate | J. trifidus |
2. Leaves entire; auricles not lacerate. | → 3 |
3. Auricles at summit of leaf sheath 3–6 mm, membranous, transparent; capsules never 3-locular. | → 4 |
3. Auricles absent or merely short, scarious or cartilaginous projections less than 2 mm. | → 5 |
4. Capsules less than 3/4 length of tepals, borne widely spaced along usually diffuse branches of inflorescence; plants mostly 7–9 dm | J. anthelatus |
4. Capsules 3/4 or more length of tepals, borne congested or branch internodes ca. as long as tepals; plants mostly less than 7 dm | J. tenuis |
5. Leaf blade channeled to terete. | → 6 |
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6. Inflorescence falsely lateral, overtopped by terete bract that looks to be continuation of culm | J. coriaceus |
6. Inflorescence terminal, involucre bract flat or much shorter than inflorescence. | → 7 |
7. Perianth segments obtuse | J. squarrosus |
7. Perianth segments acute to acuminate. | → 8 |
8. Seeds distinctly tailed, tail at least 1/2 length of seed body; capsules golden tan | J. vaseyi |
8. Seeds not tailed; capsules chestnut brown or paler. | → 9 |
9. Capsules 1-locular or pseudo-3-locular, widely elliptic to rounded, apex rounded; seeds 0.3–0.4 mm | J. dichotomus |
9. Capsules 3-locular, elliptic, apex somewhat truncate; seeds 0.48–0.7 mm | J. greenei |
10. Capsules chestnust brown or darker; tepals apically obtuse or rounded. | → 11 |
10. Capsules tan or light brown; tepals acute to acuminate. | → 12 |
11. Anther 1–2 times length of filament, less than 1 mm; capsule usually exceeding perianth | J. compressus |
11. Anther 2–4 times length of filament, longer than 1 mm; capsule usually nearly equal to perianth | J. gerardii |
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12. Capsules 3-locular or pseudo-3-locular. | → 16 |
13. Tepals 2.5–3.5 mm; capsule nearly globose. | → 14 |
13. Tepals 4–5.5 mm; capsule ellipsoid to narrowly so. | → 15 |
14. Tepals green; flowers chiefly arranged along inner side of branches; plants of e North America | J. secundus |
14. Tepals usually with brownish midstripe; flowers not secund; plants of w North America | J. confusus |
15. Anthers 0.6–0.9 mm; auricles scarious, lobes 0.5 mm; plants of c United States | J. brachyphyllus |
15. Anthers 1.2–1.5 mm; auricles scarious to membranous, 0.2–0.3 mm; plants endemic to s Appalachian Piedmont | J. georgianus |
16. Auricles 0.5–1(–1.5) mm, membranous | J. occidentalis |
16. Auricles 0.1–0.3(–1) mm, scarious to leathery. | → 17 |
17. Auricles leathery, yellowish; tepals spreading in fruit, nearly equal to or exceeding capsule; anthers 0.6–1 mm | J. dudleyi |
17. Auricles scarious, whitish or sometimes purplish tinged, not leathery; anthers 0.4–0.6 mm. | → 18 |
18. Mature capsules light brown or darker; plants of coastal plain of e, se North America | J. dichotomus |
18. Mature capsules light tan; plants of interior continent | J. interior |
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FNA vol. 22. |
FNA vol. 22. |
Juncaceae > Juncus > subg. Poiophylli |
Juncaceae > Juncus |
J. acuminatus, J. acutiflorus, J. acutus, J. alpinoarticulatus, J. anthelatus, J. arcticus, J. articulatus, J. biglumis, J. bolanderi, J. brachycarpus, J. brachycephalus, J. brachyphyllus, J. brevicaudatus, J. bryoides, J. bufonius, J. bulbosus, J. caesariensis, J. canadensis, J. capillaris, J. capitatus, J. castaneus, J. chlorocephalus, J. compressus, J. confusus, J. cooperi, J. coriaceus, J. covillei, J. debilis, J. dichotomus, J. diffusissimus, J. drummondii, J. dubius, J. dudleyi, J. effusus, J. elliottii, J. ensifolius, J. falcatus, J. filiformis, J. filipendulus, J. georgianus, J. greenei, J. gymnocarpus, J. hallii, J. hemiendytus, J. howellii, J. inflexus, J. interior, J. kelloggii, J. leiospermus, J. lesueurii, J. longistylis, J. luciensis, J. macrandrus, J. macrophyllus, J. marginatus, J. maritimus, J. megacephalus, J. mertensianus, J. militaris, J. nevadensis, J. nodatus, J. nodosus, J. occidentalis, J. orthophyllus, J. oxymeris, J. parryi, J. patens, J. pelocarpus, J. pervetus, J. phaeocephalus, J. polycephalus, J. regelii, J. repens, J. roemerianus, J. scirpoides, J. secundus, J. squarrosus, J. stygius, J. subcaudatus, J. subtilis, J. supiniformis, J. tenuis, J. texanus, J. textilis, J. tiehmii, J. torreyi, J. trifidus, J. triformis, J. triglumis, J. trigonocarpus, J. uncialis, J. validus, J. vaseyi, J. xiphioides |
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J. anthelatus, J. brachyphyllus, J. bufonius, J. compressus, J. confusus, J. coriaceus, J. dichotomus, J. dudleyi, J. georgianus, J. gerardii, J. greenei, J. interior, J. occidentalis, J. secundus, J. squarrosus, J. tenuis, J. trifidus, J. vaseyi |
J. bulbosus var. gerardii, J. fucensis, J. gerardii var. pedicellatus |
J. section Poiophylli, J. subg. Pseudo-tenageia, J. section Tenageia, J. subg. Tenageia |
Loiseleur-Deslongchamps: J. Bot. (Desvaux) 2: 284. (1809) |
Buchenau: Abhandlungen herausgegeben vom naturwissenschaftlichen Vereine zu Bremen 4: 406. (1875) |
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