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Last updated 1/7/2024 by David Giblin.
Juncus tweedyi Rydb.[WTU]
narrow-panicled rush

Publication: Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 1: 90. 1900.

Origin: Native in interior Washington, introduced along the coast.

selected vouchers: WTU

Notes: This species is primarily distributed east of the Mississippi River, from Minnesota to Newfoundland, south to Tennessee. Disjunct populations are known from interior and coastal western North America. The coastal populations are typically associated with cranberry cultivation.

References: (none)

Synonyms & Misapplied Names:
Juncus brevicaudatus (Engelm.) Fernald
Juncus canadensis J. Gay ex Laharpe var. brevicaudatus Engelm.
Juncus canadensis J. Gay ex Laharpe var. coarctatus Engelm.
Juncus canadensis J. Gay ex Laharpe var. kuntzei Buchenau
Juncus kuntzei (Buchenau) Vierh.