Juncus tenuis |
Juncus gymnocarpus |
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path rush, poverty or slender rush, poverty rush, slender rush |
Pennsylvania rush |
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Habit | Herbs, perennial, tufted, 1.5–5 dm. | Herbs, perennial, 5–10 dm. |
Rhizomes | densely branching. |
widely creeping, 2–4 mm diam. |
Culms | few–20. |
terete, 1.5–2.5 mm diam. |
Cataphylls | several. |
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Leaves | basal, (1–)2–3; auricles 2–5 mm, apex acute, membranous; blade flat, 3–12 cm × 0.5–1 mm, margins entire. |
blade absent. |
Inflorescences | 5–40-flowered, borne congested or branch internodes ca. as long as tepals, ssomewhat loose, 1–5 cm; primary bract usually longer than inflorescence. |
8–30(–50)-flowered, open, 1.5–4 cm; primary bract terete, 1–2.5 dm, much longer than inflorescence. |
Flowers | bracteoles 2; tepals greenish, lanceolate, 3.3–4.4 mm; outer and inner series nearly equal; stamens 6, filaments 0.5–0.9 mm, anthers 0.1–0.2 mm; style 0.1–0.2 mm. |
pedicellate; bracteoles broadly ovate; tepals light brown, ovate-lanceolate, 1.8–2.5 mm, apex acuminate; inner series shorter, margins scarious, apex acute; stamens 6, filaments 1–1.3 mm, anthers 0.5–0.7 mm; style 0.5 mm. |
Capsules | tan or light brown, 1-locular to pseudo-3-locular, ellipsoid, (3.3–)3.8–4.7 × (1.1–)1.3–1.7 mm, nearly equal to tepals. |
reddish tan to brown, lustrous, 3-locular, widely ellipsoid, 2–3 × 1.8–2.2 mm, exceeding perianth. |
Seeds | tan, ellipsoid to lunate, (0.52–)5.5–0.65(–0.7) mm, not tailed. |
dark amber, obovoid, 0.7–1 mm, not tailed. |
2n | = 80. |
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Juncus tenuis |
Juncus gymnocarpus |
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Phenology | Flowering spring–early summer. | Flowering and fruiting summer. |
Habitat | Exposed or shaded sites in soils ranging from sandy to clayey under moist or drier conditions, oftentimes these sites naturally or otherwise disturbed (e.g., game or human trails) | Sphagnous swamps, low woods, edges of lakes |
Elevation | 600–1500 m (2000–4900 ft) | |
Distribution |
AK; 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; ND; NE; NH; NJ; NM; NV; NY; OH; OK; OR; PA; RI; SC; SD; TN; TX; UT; VA; VT; WA; WI; WV; WY; AB; BC; MB; NB; NS; ON; PE; QC; SK [Introduced worldwide]
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AL; FL; MS; NC; PA; SC; TN
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Discussion | Juncus tenuis occurs throughout North America. It is particularly abundant in northeastern United States and eastern Canada, although infrequent in the south and west. Through the use of isozyme electrophoresis, hybridization can be demonstrated between various members of the Juncus tenuis complex, including Juncus tenuis, J. anthelatus, J. interior, J. secundus, and J. dichotomus (R. E. Brooks, unpubl.). Juncus ××oronensis is thought to be a hybrid between J. tenuis and J. vaseyi in the northeast. (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. Poiophylli | Juncaceae > Juncus > subg. Genuini |
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Synonyms | J. bicornis, J. bicornis var. williamsii, J. macer, J. macer, J. macer var. williamsii, J. tenuis var. bicornis, J. tenuis var. multicornis, J. tenuis var. williamsii | J. smithii |
Name authority | Willdenow: Sp. Pl. 2(1): 214. (1799) | Coville: Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club 5: 106. (1894) |
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