OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Juncus effusus ssp. solutus   FAMILY Juncaceae   Go to FSUS key



INCLUDING PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Juncus effusus var. solutus   FAMILY Juncaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Juncus effusus ssp. solutus

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 22 (2000)

Juncus effusus

INCLUDING (MISAPPLIED) Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Juncus effusus var. conglomeratus

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)

Juncus effusus var. solutus

INCLUDED WITHIN Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)

Juncus effusus

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 040-01-001:

Juncus effusus   FAMILY Juncaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Juncus effusus

 

COMMON NAME:
Soft Rush, Common Rush


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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_juco9_001_pvd

        

image of Juncus effusus ssp. solutus, Soft Rush, Common Rush

JK Marlow    jkm0304g_37

April    Beaufort County    SC

Hunting Island State Park

image of Juncus effusus ssp. solutus, Soft Rush, Common Rush

JK Marlow    jkm130430_895

April    Spartanburg County    SC

Rhizomes short-branched, in distinct often large clumps. Culms erect, terete, per Flora of North America.

image of Juncus effusus ssp. solutus, Soft Rush, Common Rush

JK Marlow    jkm160416_234

April    Lowndes County    GA

image of Juncus effusus ssp. solutus, Soft Rush, Common Rush

JK Marlow    jkm210523_0727

May    Greenville County    SC

Ashmore Heritage Preserve

Smooth perennial herb, 12-48" tall; flowering stems erect, green, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

image of Juncus effusus ssp. solutus, Soft Rush, Common Rush

JK Marlow    jkm210523_0729

May    Greenville County    SC

Ashmore Heritage Preserve

image of Juncus effusus ssp. solutus, Soft Rush, Common Rush

JK Marlow    jkm210523_0730

May    Greenville County    SC

Ashmore Heritage Preserve

image of Juncus effusus ssp. solutus, Soft Rush, Common Rush

JK Marlow    jkm230509_3123

May    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

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Patrick D. McMillan    pdmjeffusussolu_moultrie

May    Berkeley County    SC

Lake Moultrie

Flowers greenish or pale brown, petals & sepals essentially alike, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

image of Juncus effusus ssp. solutus, Soft Rush, Common Rush

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmjeffususvarsolutus_bl

June        

Branched inflorescence spreads laterally from base of the involucral leaf, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Juncus effusus ssp. solutus   FAMILY Juncaceae

INCLUDING PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Juncus effusus var. solutus   FAMILY Juncaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Juncus effusus ssp. solutus

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 22
Juncus effusus

INCLUDING (MISAPPLIED) Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Juncus effusus var. conglomeratus

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Juncus effusus var. solutus

INCLUDED WITHIN Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Juncus effusus

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 040-01-001:
Juncus effusus   FAMILY Juncaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Juncus effusus

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

1876

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial

Habitat: Moist soil, marshes, margin of streams, ponds, lakes and swamps, low meadows, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common

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LEAVES:
Simple - leaves consist of bladeless sheaths
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FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Greenish/ Pale brown
Radially symmetrical
6 tepals in two whorls of 3
3 stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual

Inflorescence appears lateral, its erect bract resembling a continuation of culm

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule

 

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