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point rush
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redpod rush
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| Herbs, perennial, rhizomatous, 3–6 dm. |
Herbs, perennial, cespitose, 5–10 dm. |
1–2 mm diam. |
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erect, 2–4 mm diam. |
erect, 2–5 mm diam., smooth. |
0–1, straw-colored, apex narrowly acute. |
1–2, straw-colored, apex rounded. |
basal 1–3, cauline 3–4, straw-colored; auricles absent; blade 3–20 cm × 3–7 mm. |
basal 0–1, cauline 2–3; auricles 0.2–0.4 mm, apex obtuse, leathery; blade terete, 2.5–22 cm × 1.3–4 mm, smooth. |
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. |
panicles of 30–100 heads, 3–9 cm, stiffly erect or ascending branches; primary bract erect; heads 2–8-flowered, obconic, 4–8 mm diam. |
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 reddish brown, lanceolate; outer tepals 2.5–2.8 mm, acuminate; inner tepals 2.8–3.5 mm, acute; stamens 3–6, anthers 1/2 filament length. |
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, 3-locular, ovoid-pyramidal, 4–5 mm, apex acuminate, valves separating at dehiscence.. |
obovoid, 0.5 mm, not tailed. |
fusiform, 1.8–2.6 mm, tailed; body covered with whitish. |
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veil. |
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| Fruiting late spring–fall. |
Fruiting early fall–early winter (fruit often persisting until spring). |
| Stream and lake shores, montane meadows and seasonally emergent wetlands |
Wet pinewoods, pine barrens, bogs, hammocks, roadsides, and seepy areas |
| 100–2000 m (300–6600 ft) |
0–200 m (0–700 ft) |
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CA; OR; WA; BC
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AL; FL; GA; LA; MS; NC; SC; TX
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Juncus oxymeris should be expected in Mexico (Baja California). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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| FNA vol. 22. |
FNA vol. 22. |
| Juncaceae > Juncus > subg. Ensifolii |
Juncaceae > Juncus > subg. Septati |
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. gerardii, 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. 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 |
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. gerardii, 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. uncialis, J. validus, J. vaseyi, J. xiphioides |
| J. acutiflorus |
J. caudatus |
| Engelmann |
Steudel: Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 308. (1855) |
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BC, 
CA, 
OR, 
WA
Flora NW, 
PNW Herbaria
WildflowerSearch
iNaturalist (observations)
USDA Plants Database
LA Plants
