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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Juncus acuminatus
FAMILY
Juncaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Tapertip Rush at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Juncus acuminatus
FAMILY
Juncaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Juncus acuminatus
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 040-01-029:
Juncus acuminatus FAMILY Juncaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Juncus acuminatus
COMMON NAME:
Tapertip Rush, Sharp-fruited Rush
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_juac_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_juac_006_lvd
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_j_acuminatus_5198
May Currituck County NC
Heads hemispheric (to spheric), per Flora of North America.
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_j_acuminatus_5211
May Currituck County NC
Inflorescences are terminal panicles of 5-50 heads, with branches ascending, per Flora of North America.
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_j_acuminatus_5213
May Currituck County NC
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_j_acuminatus_5213b
May Currituck County NC
Flowers: tepals light brown to greenish, lanceolate, apex acuminate, per Flora of North America.
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_juncus_acuminatus_1
June Iredell County NC
Perennial, cespitose, not rhizomatous. Culms erect, terete, smooth, per Flora of North America.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Juncus acuminatus
FAMILY
Juncaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Juncus acuminatus
FAMILY
Juncaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Juncus acuminatus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 040-01-029:
Juncus acuminatus
FAMILY
Juncaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Juncus acuminatus
2254
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Habitat: In a range of natural and disturbed, saturated and seasonally flooded wetlands, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common
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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal (1-2) & alternate (1-2)
FLOWER:
Summer
Greenish /Straw-colored
Radially symmetrical
6 tepals in two whorls of 3
3 stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual
Inflorescence appears terminal, its bract not resembling a continuation of culm
FRUIT:
Summer
Green/Straw
Capsule
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