Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Juncus effusus ssp. solutus
FAMILY
Juncaceae
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)
Juncus effusus
COMMON NAME:
Soft Rush, Common Rush
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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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.
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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.
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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.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (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)
Juncus effusus
1876
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common
Look for it in moist soil, marshes, margin of streams, ponds, lakes & swamps, low meadows, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Aquatic
...Wet
...Moist
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 p230
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee p213
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p160
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p344
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p396
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region p295