Juncus textilis |
Juncus subcaudatus |
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basket rush, mat or basket rush |
somewhat-tail rush, woodland rush |
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Habit | Herbs, perennial, 10–20 dm. | Herbs, perennial, cespitose, 1.5–6 dm. |
Rhizomes | long- creeping. |
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Culms | erect, 2–5 mm diam. |
erect, 1–3 mm diam., smooth. |
Cataphylls | several. |
0–1, straw-colored, apex acute. |
Leaves | blade absent. |
basal 1, cauline 1–3; auricles 0.5–1 mm, apex rounded, scarious; blade terete, 4.5–15 cm × 1–2 mm. |
Inflorescences | lateral, many flowered, loose; primary bract barely exceeding to many times longer than inflorescence. |
panicles or racemes of 3–35 heads, 2–16 cm, branches widely spreading (at least the proximalmost); primary bract erect; heads 2–10(–20)-flowered, obconic to nearly spheric, 3–9 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 greenish, becoming straw-colored, lanceolate; outer tepals 1.8–3 mm, apex acuminate; inner tepals 2–3.2 mm, apex acuminate; stamens 3, anthers 1/3 filament length. |
Capsules | dark brown, 3-locular, oblate to narrowly ovoid, 3–4 mm, nearly equal to perianth. |
exserted, straw-colored, imperfectly 3-locular, ovoid to prismatic, 3–3.8 mm, apex acute proximal to beak, valves separating at dehiscence. |
Seeds | dark amber, oblate to ellipsoid, 0.5–0.8 mm. |
ellipsoid, 0.7–1.2 mm, tailed; body covered with whitish translucent veil. |
Juncus textilis |
Juncus subcaudatus |
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Phenology | Flowering and fruiting summer. | Fruiting late summer–fall. |
Habitat | Moist or wet exposed areas | Stream banks, lake and pond shores, bogs, and other wet places |
Elevation | 100–1800 m (300–5900 ft) | 0–1000 m (0–3300 ft) |
Distribution |
CA
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AL; AR; CT; DC; DE; GA; IL; KY; MA; MD; ME; MO; NC; NJ; NY; OH; PA; RI; TN; VA; WV; NF; NS
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Source | FNA vol. 22. | FNA vol. 22. |
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Synonyms | J. lesueurii var. elatus | J. canadensis var. subcaudatus, J. subcaudatus var. planisepalus |
Name authority | Buchenau: Abhandlungen herausgegeben vom naturwissenschaftlichen Vereine zu Bremen 17: 336. (1903) | (Engelmann) Coville & S. F. Blake: Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 31: 45. (1918) |
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