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Juncus

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Origin: Native

Conservation Status: Not of concern

Description:

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Accepted Name:

Juncus
Publication: Sp. Pl. 1: 325. 1753; Gen. Pl. ed. 5; 152, 1754.

Synonyms & Misapplications:

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Species in Juncus:

Juncus acuminatus – knotty leaf rush, sharp-fruited rush, tapered rush Occurring chiefly west of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, east across much of North America to the Atlantic Coast.
Juncus alpinoarticulatus – alpine rush, northern rush Occurring in scattered location on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; scattered throughout North America from Alaska to Washington, east across Canada and central U.S. to northeastern North America.
Juncus anthelatus – giant path rush Occurring west of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California.
Juncus articulatus – joint-leaved rush, jointed rush Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to California, east to the Southern Rocky Mountains, Great Plains, Great Lakes region, and northeastern North America.
ssp. articulatus – jointed rush, jointleaf rush Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to California, east to the Southern Rocky Mountains, Great Plains, Great Lakes region, and northeastern North America.
Juncus balticus – Baltic rush Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to California, east to the norther Great Plains.
ssp. ater – Baltic rush, valley rush Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to California, east to the norther Great Plains.
Juncus bolanderi – Bolander's rush Occurring west of the Cascades crest in Washington; southern British Columbia to coastal California.
Juncus brachycarpus – short-fruit rush Occurring west of the Cascades crest in Washington; also occurring in eastern North America, where native.
Juncus breweri – Brewer's rush, salt rush Occurring west of the Cascades crest in Washington along the coast; British Columbia to California.
Juncus bufonius – toad rush Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to California, east across North America to the Atlantic Coast; circumboreal.
var. bufonius – toad rush Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to California, east across North America to the Atlantic Coast; circumboreal.
var. congestus – clustered toad rush Occurring chiefly west of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, east to Idaho.
var. occidentalis – western toad rush Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, east to the Rocky Mountains.
Juncus bulbosus – bulbous rush, spreading rush Occurring west of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to Oregon, east across northern Canada to the Atlantic Coast.
Juncus canadensis – Canadian rush Occurring west of the Cascades crest in Washington; also in Oregon, otherwise widespread east of the Mississippi River.
Juncus compressus – round-fruit rush Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to Oregon, east to the Rocky Mountains, northern Great Plains, Great Lakes region, and northeastern North America.
Juncus confusus – Colorado rush Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, east to the northern Great Plains.
Juncus conglomeratus – compact rush Occurring west of the Cascades crest in Washington; southwestern British Columbia to Oregon, also in eastern North America.
Juncus covillei – Coville's rush Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, east to Idaho and Montana.
Juncus diffusissimus – diffuse rush, slimpod rush Occurring west of the Cascades crest in Washington; southwestern Washington to California; also in the southeastern U.S., where native.
Juncus drummondii – Drummond's rush, threeflower rush Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to California, east to the Rocky Mountains.
Juncus dudleyi – Dudley's rush Occurring chiefly east of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, east across most of North America to the Atlantic Coast.
Juncus effusus – common rush, Pacific rush, soft rush Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to California, east across most of North America to the Atlantic Coast.
ssp. effusus – soft rush Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, east to Alberta, Montana, and eastern North America.
ssp. pacificus – Pacific rush Occurring chiefly west of the Cascades crest in Washington; southwestern British Columbia to California, disjunct in the Blue Mountains of Washington.
ssp. solutus – eastern soft rush Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, east to Alberta, Idaho, and Nevada; also in eastern North America, where native.
Juncus ensifolius – dagger rush, daggerleaf rush Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to California, east to the Great Plains, Great Lakes region, and eastern Canada.
Juncus falcatus – sickle-leaved rush Occurring west of the Cascades crest along the coast in Washington; Alaska to California.
ssp. sitchensis – Alaskan sickle-leaved rush Occurring west of the Cascades crest along the coast in Washington; Alaska to California.
Juncus filiformis – thread rush Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to northern Oregon, east to the northern Great Plains, Great Lakes region, and northeastern North America.
Juncus gerardi – black rush, mud rush Occurring west of the Cascades crest in counties along the Puget Sound and outer coast; British Columbia to Oregon, east sporadically across the U.S. to the northern Atlantic coast of the U.S. and Canada; circumboreal.
ssp. gerardi – black grass, Gerard's rush, mud rush Occurring west of the Cascades crest in counties along the Puget Sound and outer coast; British Columbia to Oregon, east sporadically across the U.S. to the northern Atlantic coast of the U.S. and Canada; circumboreal.
Juncus hemiendytus – dwarf rush Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, east to Idaho, Utah, and Nevada.
var. hemiendytus – dwarf rush, Hermann's dwarf rush Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, east to Idaho, Utah, and Nevada.
Juncus hesperius – bog rush, coastal rush Occurring west of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California.
Juncus howellii – Howell's rush Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington; central Washington to California, east to Idaho.
Juncus inflexus – blue rush Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington; south-central Washington to northern Oregon; also in eastern North America.
ssp. inflexus – blue rush Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington; south-central Washington to northern Oregon; also in eastern North America.
Juncus interior – inland rush Occurring chiefly east of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, east across much of North America to northeastern North America.
Juncus kelloggii – Kellogg's rush Occurring in the Columbia River Gorge in Washington; southwestern British Columbia to California.
Juncus laccatus – shiny rush Occurring chiefly west of the Cascades crest in Washington; southwestern British Columbia to California and Arizona.
Juncus longistylis – long-styled rush Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, east to the Rocky Mountains, northern Great Plains, Great Lakes region, and eastern Canada.
Juncus mertensianus – Mertens' rush Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to California, east to the Rocky Mountains and northern Great Plains.
Juncus nevadensis – Nevada rush Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, east to the Rocky Mountains.
var. inventus – dune rush, Oregon rush Occurring west of the Cascades crest along the coast in Washington; southwestern British Columbia to California.
var. nevadensis – Nevada rush, Sierra rush Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, east to the Rocky Mountains.
Juncus nodosus – knotted rush, tuberous rush Occurring chiefly east of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to California (not in Oregon), east across most of North America to the Atlantic Coast.
Juncus occidentalis – western rush Occurring west of the Cascades crest and east in the Columbia River Gorge to Klickitat County in Washington; southwestern British Columbia to California and Mexico.
Juncus orthophyllus – straight-leaved rush Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to California, east to Idaho and Nevada.
Juncus oxymeris – pointed rush Occurring west of the Cascades crest in Washington; southwestern British Columbia to California.
Juncus parryi – Parry's rush Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, east to the Rocky Mountains.
Juncus patens – spreading rush Occuring west of the Cascades crest in southwestern Washington; southwestern Washington to California.
Juncus pelocarpus – brown-fruited rush Occurring west of the Cascades crest in Washington along the coast; southwestern British Columbia to southwestern Oregon.
Juncus pylaei – common rush Occurring east of the Cascades crest in northeastern Washington; south-central British Columbia to northern Oregon and western Idaho.
Juncus regelii – Regel's rush Occurring chiefly east of the Cascades crest in Washington; southeastern British Columbia to California, east to the Rocky Mountains.
Juncus saximontanus – Rocky Mountain rush Occurring chiefly east of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, east to the Great Plains.
Juncus supiniformis – hair-leaved rush, spreading rush Occurring chiefly west of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to California.
Juncus tenuis – path rush, poverty rush, slender rush Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to California, east across North America to the Atlantic Coast.
Juncus tiehmii – Tiehm's dwarf rush Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington, where disjunct; also in Boise County, Idaho, otherwise south-central Oregon to California and northern Nevada.
Juncus torreyi – Torrey's rush Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, east across North America to the Atlantic Coast.
Juncus trilocularis – foothill rush Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington; Washington to California, east to Idaho, Montana, and Nevada.
Juncus tweedyi – narrow-panicled rush Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest along the coast in Washington; British Columbia to Oregon, scattered eastward across North America to the Atlantic Coast.
Juncus uncialis – inch-high rush Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington; Washington to California, east to Nevada.
Juncus vaseyi – Vasey's rush Occurring east of the Cascades crest in northeastern Washington; southeastern British Columbia to northeastern Washington, east and south to Idaho, western Montana, Wyoming, and Colorado.

Additional Resources:

PNW Herbaria: Specimen records of Juncus in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database

WA Flora Checklist: Juncus checklist entry

OregonFlora: Juncus information

E-Flora BC: Juncus atlas page

CalPhotos: Juncus photos

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