OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Juncus canadensis   FAMILY Juncaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Juncus canadensis   FAMILY Juncaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Juncus canadensis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 22 (2000)

Juncus canadensis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Juncus canadensis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)

Juncus canadensis

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 040-01-018:

Juncus canadensis   FAMILY Juncaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Juncus canadensis

 

COMMON NAME:
Canadian Rush


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image of Juncus canadensis, Canadian Rush

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_juca3_001_lvd

        

image of Juncus canadensis, Canadian Rush

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_juca3_004_lvd

        

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Juncus canadensis   FAMILY Juncaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Juncus canadensis   FAMILY Juncaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Juncus canadensis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 22
Juncus canadensis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Juncus canadensis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Juncus canadensis

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 040-01-018:
Juncus canadensis   FAMILY Juncaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Juncus canadensis

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

4928

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial

Habitat: Lake, pond and stream margins, swamps, bogs, seepage slopes, wet meadows, ditches, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Carolina Coastal Plain, uncommon in GA Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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LEAVES:
Simple

FLOWER:
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:
Summer/Fall
Mature capsules light reddish brown to light brown
Capsule

 

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