Juncus uncialis |
Juncus effusus |
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inch high dwarf rush, inch-high rush, twelfth rush |
common bog rush, common rush, common soft rush, pasture rush, soft or lamp rush, soft rush |
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Habit | Herbs, annual, cespitose, 0.8–3.5 cm. | Herbs, perennial, 4–13 dm. |
Rhizomes | short -branched, forming distinct, often large clumps. |
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Culms | to 70, more than 0.2 mm diam.. |
erect, terete, 1–2.5 mm diam. at top of sheaths. |
Cataphylls | several. |
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Leaves | to 2.2 cm, 1/2–3/4 height of plant. |
blade absent. |
Inflorescences | terminal solitary flowers; bracts subtending inflorescence 1, widely truncate, enwrapping culm, inconspicuous, 0.25–0.9 mm, membranous, apex widely truncate, completely sheathing culm.. |
lateral, compound dichasia, many flowered; primary bract erect, terete, extending well beyond dichasium. |
Flowers | 3-merous, : tepals erect to recurved at maturity, greenish or tinged red, 2–4 × 0.6–0.9 mm; outer and inner series nearly equal, apex acutish; stamens usually 3, filaments 0.9–1.6 mm, anthers 0.3–0.4 mm, 1/3 length of filaments; style 0.1–0.3 mm, stigma 0.4–1.3 mm. |
tepals tan or darker, usually with greenish midstripe, lanceolate, 1.9–3.5 mm; inner slightly shorter; stamens 3, filaments 0.5–0.8 mm, anthers 0.5–0.8 mm; style 0.2 mm. |
Capsules | reddish to maroon, 3-locular, ovoid to ellipsoid, 1.8–3.2 × 1–2.5 mm, nearly equal or shorter than the tepals. |
greenish tan or darker, 3-locular, broadly ellipsoid to oblate, 1.5–3.2 mm. |
Seeds | ovoid, 0.3–0.4 mm. |
amber, (0.3–)0.4–0.5 mm. |
n | = 16. |
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2n | = 40, 42. |
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Juncus uncialis |
Juncus effusus |
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Phenology | Flowering and fruiting spring–early summer. | Flowering summer, fruiting summer–fall. |
Habitat | Margins of vernal pools and ponds | Swamps and their edges, marshes, moist meadows, and moist or saturated soils, often conspicuous in pasture meadows where it is shunned by grazing animals |
Elevation | 0–1700 m (0–5600 ft) | Habitat??; 0–2500 m (Habitat??; 0–8200 ft) |
Distribution |
CA; NV; OR
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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; NE; NH; NJ; NV; NY; OH; OK; OR; PA; RI; SC; TN; TX; VA; VT; WA; WI; WV; WV; BC; MB; NB; NF; NS; ON; PE; QC
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Discussion | The Juncus effusus complex has been variously recognized as containing several species or a single species with numerous infraspecific taxa. Unfortunately, North American treatments have dealt primarily with taxa in either the eastern or western portions of the continent. In considering the continent as a whole, little sense can be made of these treatments. The North American J. effusus complex is one that is in obvious need of modern systematic scrutiny. (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. Graminifolii | Juncaceae > Juncus > subg. Genuini |
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Synonyms | J. conglomeratus, J. effusus var. brunneus, J. effusus var. caeruleomontanus, J. effusus var. costulatus, J. effusus var. dicipiens, J. effusus var. exiguus, J. effusus var. gracilis, J. effusus var. pylaei, J. effusus var. solutus, J. effusus var. subglomeratus, J. griscomii | |
Name authority | Greene: Pittonia 2: 105. (1890) | Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 1: 326. (1753) |
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