Juncus textilis |
Juncus brevicaudatus |
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basket rush, mat or basket rush |
narrow-panicle rush, short-tail rush |
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Habit | Herbs, perennial, 10–20 dm. | Herbs, perennial, cespitose, 1.4–5.5(–7) dm. |
Rhizomes | long- creeping. |
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Culms | erect, 2–5 mm diam. |
erect, terete, 1–3 mm diam., smooth. |
Cataphylls | several. |
0–1, straw-colored to pink, apex acute. |
Leaves | blade absent. |
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 | lateral, many flowered, loose; primary bract barely exceeding to many times longer than inflorescence. |
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 | variously pedicellate; bracteoles membranous; tepals greenish to pale brown, lanceolate, 3.5–5 mm; inner series loosely subtending capsule at maturity, usually slightly shorter, margins scarious to clear, acutish; stamens 6, filaments 0.3–0.9 mm, anthers 1–2.5 mm; style 1–1.5 mm. |
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 | dark brown, 3-locular, oblate to narrowly ovoid, 3–4 mm, nearly equal to perianth. |
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 | dark amber, oblate to ellipsoid, 0.5–0.8 mm. |
fusiform, 0.7–1.2 mm, tailed; body covered with whitish translucent veil. |
2n | = 80. |
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Juncus textilis |
Juncus brevicaudatus |
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Phenology | Flowering and fruiting summer. | Fruiting mid summer–fall. |
Habitat | Moist or wet exposed areas | Generally in acidic or peaty moist sites, including emergent shorelines and aroundg hot springs |
Elevation | 100–1800 m (300–5900 ft) | 100–2500 m (300–8200 ft) |
Distribution |
CA
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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 | 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.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 22. | FNA vol. 22. |
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Synonyms | J. lesueurii var. elatus | J. canadensis var. brevicaudatus, J. canadensis var. coarctatus, J. canadensis var. kuntzei, J. coarctatus, J. kuntzei, J. tweedyi |
Name authority | Buchenau: Abhandlungen herausgegeben vom naturwissenschaftlichen Vereine zu Bremen 17: 336. (1903) | (Engelmann) Fernald: Rhodora 6: 35. (1904) |
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