Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Juncus tenuis
FAMILY
Juncaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Path Rush is a plant that everyone has seen, whether they know it or not. Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Juncus tenuis
FAMILY
Juncaceae
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VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 040-01-006:
Juncus tenuis
FAMILY
Juncaceae
COMMON NAME:
Path Rush, Poverty Rush
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_jute_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / US Forest Service pnd_jute_007_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_jute_011_lvd
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Gill Newberry gn05_juncus_temuis
May
Leaves basal, narrow, 0.05" wide, flat or often rolled, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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JK Marlow jkm200531_5497
May Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm200531_5498
May Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm210513_0317
May Oconee County SC
Boone's Creek Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm210513_0318
May Oconee County SC
Boone's Creek Preserve
The auricle at mouth of leaf sheath is pale and extends well past the mouth, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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JK Marlow jkm190604_8935
June Greenville County SC
Sepals and petals alike, narrow and pointed, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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JK Marlow jkm190604_8937
June Greenville County SC
A loosely branched inflorescence, each branch with 2-6 flowers, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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JK Marlow jkm190704_9785
July Jackson County NC
Foothills Trail
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Juncus tenuis
FAMILY
Juncaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Juncus tenuis
FAMILY
Juncaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 040-01-006:
Juncus tenuis
FAMILY
Juncaceae
774
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common
Look for it in dry or moist soil along roadsides and paths, fields, 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.
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal (1)2-3
RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Cespitose [growing in dense tufts, clumping], with densely branching rhizomes
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Tepals greenish
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
6 tepals in two whorls of 3
6 stamens
Superior ovary
Inflorescence appears terminal, its bract not resembling a continuation of culm
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p160
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p396
- Weeds of Southern Turfgrasses p064