OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Juncus tenuis   FAMILY Juncaceae   Go to FSUS key



INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Juncus tenuis   FAMILY Juncaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Juncus tenuis

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 040-01-006:

Juncus tenuis   FAMILY Juncaceae

INCLUDING Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)

Juncus tenuis var. tenuis

INCLUDING Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)

Juncus tenuis var. williamsii

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Juncus tenuis

 

COMMON NAME:
Path Rush, Poverty Rush, Slender Rush


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image of Juncus tenuis, Path Rush, Poverty Rush, Slender Rush

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_jute_001_lvd

        

image of Juncus tenuis, Path Rush, Poverty Rush, Slender Rush

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / US Forest Service    pnd_jute_007_lvd

        

image of Juncus tenuis, Path Rush, Poverty Rush, Slender Rush

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_jute_011_lvd

        

image of Juncus tenuis, Path Rush, Poverty Rush, Slender Rush

Gill Newberry    gn05_juncus_temuis

May        

Leaves basal, narrow, 0.05" wide, flat or often rolled, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

image of Juncus tenuis, Path Rush, Poverty Rush, Slender Rush

JK Marlow    jkm200531_5497

May    Greenville County    SC

image of Juncus tenuis, Path Rush, Poverty Rush, Slender Rush

JK Marlow    jkm200531_5498

May    Greenville County    SC

image of Juncus tenuis, Path Rush, Poverty Rush, Slender Rush

JK Marlow    jkm210513_0317

May    Oconee County    SC

Boone's Creek Preserve

image of Juncus tenuis, Path Rush, Poverty Rush, Slender Rush

JK Marlow    jkm210513_0318

May    Oconee County    SC

Boone's Creek Preserve

The auricle at mouth of leaf sheath is pale and extends well past the mouth, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

image of Juncus tenuis, Path Rush, Poverty Rush, Slender Rush

JK Marlow    jkm190604_8935

June    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

Sepals and petals alike, narrow and pointed, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

image of Juncus tenuis, Path Rush, Poverty Rush, Slender Rush

JK Marlow    jkm190604_8937

June    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

A loosely branched inflorescence, each branch with 2-6 flowers, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

image of Juncus tenuis, Path Rush, Poverty Rush, Slender Rush

JK Marlow    jkm190704_9785

July    Jackson County    NC

Foothills Trail

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Juncus tenuis   FAMILY Juncaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Juncus tenuis   FAMILY Juncaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Juncus tenuis

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 040-01-006:
Juncus tenuis   FAMILY Juncaceae

INCLUDING Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Juncus tenuis var. tenuis

INCLUDING Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Juncus tenuis var. williamsii

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Juncus tenuis

 

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774

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial

Habitat: Dry or moist soil along roadsides and paths, fields, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal (1)2-3

RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Cespitose [growing in dense tufts, clumping], with densely branching rhizomes

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Tepals greenish
Radially symmetrical
6 tepals in two whorls of 3
6 stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual

Inflorescence appears terminal, its bract not resembling a continuation of culm

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule

 

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