Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Juncus effusus ssp. solutus
FAMILY
Juncaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Soft Rush is easily found and easily identified. Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Juncus effusus var. solutus
FAMILY
Juncaceae
INCLUDING PLANTS National Database
Juncus effusus var. conglomeratus
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Juncus effusus var. solutus
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
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JK Marlow jkm0304g_37
April Beaufort County SC
Hunting Island State Park
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JK Marlow jkm130430_895
April Spartanburg County SC
Rhizomes short-branched, in distinct often large clumps. Culms erect, terete, per Flora of North America.
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JK Marlow jkm160416_234
April Lowndes County GA
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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).
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JK Marlow jkm210523_0729
May Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm210523_0730
May Greenville County SC
Ashmore 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).
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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 (10/20/20):
Juncus effusus ssp. solutus
FAMILY
Juncaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Juncus effusus var. solutus
FAMILY
Juncaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS National Database
Juncus effusus var. conglomeratus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Juncus effusus var. solutus
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
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
Click here to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
Click here to see a map showing all occurrences known to SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria. (Zoom in to see more detail.)
LEAVES:
Simple - leaves consist of bladeless sheaths
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FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Greenish/ Pale brown
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
6 tepals in two whorls of 3
3 stamens
Superior ovary
Inflorescence appears lateral, its erect bract resembling a continuation of culm
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005) p230
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p213
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p160
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p387
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p344
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p396
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p295