Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Juncus dichotomus
FAMILY
Juncaceae
Go to FSUS key
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Three other species in NC look very similar. Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Juncus dichotomus
FAMILY
Juncaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Juncus dichotomus
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Juncus dichotomus
INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Juncus dichotomus var. dichotomus
INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Juncus dichotomus var. platyphyllus
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Juncus tenuis var. dichotomus
INCLUDING VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 040-01-008 & 011:
Juncus dichotomus FAMILY Juncaceae
INCLUDING Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968)
Juncus platyphyllus
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Juncus dichotomus var. dichotomus
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Juncus dichotomus var. platyphyllus
COMMON NAME:
Forked Rush
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_judi_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / US Forest Service pnd_judi_002_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_judi_003_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm210706_1864
July Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
The inflorescence is terminal and short-branched, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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JK Marlow jkm210706_1864b
July Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm210706_1866
July Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
The auricle at the mouth of the leaf sheath is short (vs long in J. tenuis), per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Juncus dichotomus
FAMILY
Juncaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Juncus dichotomus
FAMILY
Juncaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Juncus dichotomus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Juncus dichotomus
INCLUDING
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Juncus dichotomus var. dichotomus
INCLUDING
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Juncus dichotomus var. platyphyllus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Juncus tenuis var. dichotomus
INCLUDING
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 040-01-008 & 011:
Juncus dichotomus
FAMILY
Juncaceae
INCLUDING
Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968)
Juncus platyphyllus
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Juncus dichotomus var. dichotomus
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Juncus dichotomus var. platyphyllus
4269
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Habitat: Often in disturbed, open, wet areas, ditches, wet meadows, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common (uncommon in Carolina Mountains, rare in GA Mountains)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Radially symmetrical
6 tepals in two whorls of 3
Superior ovary
Bisexual
Inflorescence appears terminal, its bract not resembling a continuation of culm
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
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