Juncus oxymeris |
Juncus brevicaudatus |
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point rush |
narrow-panicle rush, short-tail rush |
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Habit | Herbs, perennial, rhizomatous, 3–6 dm. | Herbs, perennial, cespitose, 1.4–5.5(–7) dm. |
Rhizomes | 1–2 mm diam. |
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Culms | erect, 2–4 mm diam. |
erect, terete, 1–3 mm diam., smooth. |
Cataphylls | 0–1, straw-colored, apex narrowly acute. |
0–1, straw-colored to pink, apex acute. |
Leaves | basal 1–3, cauline 3–4, straw-colored; auricles absent; blade 3–20 cm × 3–7 mm. |
basal 1–3, cauline 1–2; auricles 0.5–3 mm, apex rounded to truncate, scarious; blade terete, 1.5–25 cm × 0.5–2.5 mm. |
Inflorescences | panicles of 10–50 heads, 6–20 cm, erect to ascending branches; primary bract erect; heads 3–11-flowered, turbinate to hemispheric, 4–8 mm diam. |
terminal panicles or racemes of 2–35 heads, 1–12 cm, branches erect; primary bract erect; heads 2–8-flowered, ellipsoid to narrowly obconic, 2–9 mm diam. |
Flowers | tepals straw-colored, lanceolate, 2.5–3.2 mm, nearly equal, apex acute to narrowly acuminate, mucronate; stamens 6, anthers 0.5–1.5 times length of filaments. |
tepals green to light brown, lanceolate; outer tepals 2.3–3.1 mm, apex acuminate to rarely obtuse; inner tepals 2.5–3.2 mm, apex acuminate; stamens 3 (or 6), anthers 1/4–1/2 filament length. |
Capsules | exserted, chestnut brown, 1-locular, broadly lanceoloid to narrowly oblong, 3.3–4.7 mm, apex tapering to beak, separating at dehiscence. |
exserted, chestnut brown, imperfectly 3-locular, narrowly ellipsoid to prismatic, 3.2–4.8 mm, apex acute proximal to beak, valves separating at dehiscence. |
Seeds | obovoid, 0.5 mm, not tailed. |
fusiform, 0.7–1.2 mm, tailed; body covered with whitish translucent veil. |
2n | = 80. |
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Juncus oxymeris |
Juncus brevicaudatus |
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Phenology | Fruiting late spring–fall. | Fruiting mid summer–fall. |
Habitat | Stream and lake shores, montane meadows and seasonally emergent wetlands | Generally in acidic or peaty moist sites, including emergent shorelines and aroundg hot springs |
Elevation | 100–2000 m (300–6600 ft) | 100–2500 m (300–8200 ft) |
Distribution |
CA; OR; WA; BC
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AZ; CO; CT; MA; MD; ME; MI; MN; MT; NC; NH; NY; OR; PA; RI; TN; UT; VA; VT; WI; WV; WY; AB; BC; MB; NB; NL; NS; ON; PE; QC; SK
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Discussion | Juncus oxymeris should be expected in Mexico (Baja California). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Populations from about around hot springs in the west have been separated as Juncus tweedyi Rydberg, but no morphologic distinction appears to exist between J. tweedyi and J. brevicaudatus. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 22. | FNA vol. 22. |
Parent taxa | Juncaceae > Juncus > subg. Ensifolii | Juncaceae > Juncus > subg. Septati |
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Synonyms | J. acutiflorus | J. canadensis var. brevicaudatus, J. canadensis var. coarctatus, J. canadensis var. kuntzei, J. coarctatus, J. kuntzei, J. tweedyi |
Name authority | Engelmann | (Engelmann) Fernald: Rhodora 6: 35. (1904) |
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