Juncus stygius L.

Moor rush (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Juncaceae > Juncus

Characteristics

Stems 1–3.5 dm, solitary or few together, from slender rhizomes; lvs 1–3, basal, or one cauline above the middle; blades very narrow; sheaths firm, usually with slightly prolonged auricles; invol lf erect, 1–2 cm; infl 1(2), compact, 1–4-fld, 1 cm; tep with broad scarious margins, subequal, 4.3–6.2 mm; sep lance-subulate, the pet wider and obtusish; stamens 6, nearly as long as the tep, the anthers much shorter than the filaments; fr ellipsoid, 6–8.5 mm, conspicuously mucronate, much exceeding the tep; seeds 2–3 mm, with a thick pale appendage at each end about as long as the body. Bogs, marshes, and shallow pools; interruptedly circumboreal, in our range extending s. to the mts. of N. Engl. and N.Y. and n. Wis. and n. Minn. Our plants are var. americanus Buchenau.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.2 - 0.4
Root system rhizome
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
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OctNovDec
Fruit color -
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Light 4-9
Soil humidity 5-9
Soil texture 1-2
Soil acidity 1-5
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 4-9

Usage

Uses fiber
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by divisions or seedlings.
Mode divisions seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

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Distribution

Juncus stygius world distribution map, present in United States of America

Conservation status

Juncus stygius threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:443526-1
WFO ID wfo-0000777295
COL ID 6NGWZ
BDTFX ID 36696
INPN ID 104339
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Juncus stygius Scirpus stygius Juncus stygius subsp. grossii

Lower taxons

Juncus stygius subsp. americanus Juncus stygius subsp. stygius