Juncus militaris |
Juncus tiehmii |
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bayonet rush, jointed bog rush |
Nevada rush, Tiehm's dwarf rush, Tiehm's rush |
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Habit | Herbs, perennial, rhizomatous, 3–15 dm. | Herbs, annual, cespitose, 0.1–0.6 dm. |
Rhizomes | 3–4 diam., nodes not swollen, smooth. (often developing filiform leaves in running water). |
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Culms | erect, terete to compressed, 5–12 mm diam. |
to 150, 0.1–0.2 mm diam. |
Cataphylls | 1–3, straw-colored to pink, apex acute. |
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Leaves | basal 0, cauline 2, long capillary leaves often found in fascicles on rhizomes; auricles 0.3–0.5 mm, apex rounded, scarious; blade terete, 50–70(–100) cm × 2–5 mm, those of proximal leaves usually overtopping inflorescences, distal leaves usually inflated bladeless sheaths, occasionally absent or withll well-developed blades. |
to 2.5 cm × 0.1–0.3 mm. |
Inflorescences | terminal panicles of 20–100 heads, 4–15 cm, branches erect to ascending; primary bract erect; heads (3–)5–13(–25)-flowered, hemispheric to turbinate, 6–8 mm diam. |
headlike clusters, each with 1–4(–7) flowers; bracts subtending inflorescence 2–4(–8), ovate, inconspicuous, 0.6–1.5 mm, membranous, apex acute. |
Flowers | tepals straw-colored or reddish, lanceolate, 2.3–3.2(–4) mm, nearly equal, apex acuminate to awned; stamens 6, anthers 1.5–2 times filament length. |
3-merous; : tepals 4(–6), green or darker, acute to acuminate, 1.9–2.9 × 0.4–0.6 mm, nearly equal; stamens 2(–3), filaments 0.5–0.8 mm, anthers 0.3–0.4 mm; style 0.2–0.3 mm, stigma 0.2–0.7 mm. |
Capsules | straw-colored, 1-locular, ovoid, 2.3–3.3 mm, equaling perianth, tapering to subulate tip, valves separating at dehiscence. |
pink-tinged, 2- or 3-locular, ellipsoid to narrowly oblate, 1.9–2.9 × 1.1–1.5 mm, nearly equal or slightly longer than tepals. |
Seeds | obovoid, 0.5–0.6 mm, not tailed; body clear yellow-brown. |
oblate to ovoid, 0.35–0.55 mm. |
n | = 17. |
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Juncus militaris |
Juncus tiehmii |
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Phenology | Fruiting late summer–fall. | Flowering and fruiting mid spring–early fall. |
Habitat | Mucky bottoms of shallow lakes and rivers, wet shores | Bare, moist granitic sand along streams, seepage areas around outcrops, and depressions in meadows |
Elevation | 0–500 m (0–1600 ft) | 300–3100 m (1000–10200 ft) |
Distribution |
CT; DE; IN; MA; MD; ME; MI; NH; NJ; NY; PA; RI; VT; NB; NF; NS; ON; PE; SPM
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CA; ID; NV; WA; Mexico |
Discussion | The proximal culm leaf of Juncus militaris usually has a single well-developed leaf blade that overtops the inflorescence; and the distal leaf usually is an inflated bladeless sheath above it. An Alabama report, based on a single specimen collected by Drummond (not seen), at GH and MO, was discounted by Coville (and here). Coville believed the location and possibly the collector were wrongly attributed to this collection (see letter from Coville to Small at NY). (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. Septati | Juncaceae > Juncus > subg. Graminifolii |
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Name authority | Bigelow: Flora Bostoniensis, 2nd Ed. 139. (1824) | Ertter: Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 39: 60, figs. 13f–g, 14. (1986) |
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