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'''''Juncus''''' is a genus in the family [[Juncaceae]]. It consists of about 225 species of grassy plants commonly called '''rushes'''. They occur in all wet regions of the world, but rarely in the tropics. Many are considered [[weed]]s in [[gardening]], and few are used as [[ornamental plant]]s.
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''Juncus'' species are used as food plants by the [[larva]]e of a number of [[Lepidoptera]] species - see [[list of Lepidoptera which feed on Juncus|list of Lepidoptera which feed on ''Juncus'']].
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Juncus (classical name, to join). Juncaceae. Rushes. Grass-like plants growing in wet, rarely in dry, places and used for planting in bogs and around aquatic gardens.
 
Juncus (classical name, to join). Juncaceae. Rushes. Grass-like plants growing in wet, rarely in dry, places and used for planting in bogs and around aquatic gardens.
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Plants send up from the rootstock several unbranched cylindrical sts. which bear a terminal, or sometimes apparently lateral, C3rme of greenish or brownish very small fls.: lvs. grass-like terete or flat: perianth of 6 rigid chaffy parts in 2 whorls; stamens short, either 3 or 6: caps. 3-celled or rarely 1-celled, many-seeded. Rushes differ from the true grasses and sedges in having a true perianth and a many-seeded pod.—The genus includes a host of species distributed throughout the temperate regions, but most of these are not in cult. Rushes are sold by dealers in native and aquatic plants. The kind used in making mats in Japan is procurable from dealers in Japanese plants.
 
Plants send up from the rootstock several unbranched cylindrical sts. which bear a terminal, or sometimes apparently lateral, C3rme of greenish or brownish very small fls.: lvs. grass-like terete or flat: perianth of 6 rigid chaffy parts in 2 whorls; stamens short, either 3 or 6: caps. 3-celled or rarely 1-celled, many-seeded. Rushes differ from the true grasses and sedges in having a true perianth and a many-seeded pod.—The genus includes a host of species distributed throughout the temperate regions, but most of these are not in cult. Rushes are sold by dealers in native and aquatic plants. The kind used in making mats in Japan is procurable from dealers in Japanese plants.
  
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J. acuminatus, Michx., and other species may be used for water-gardens.— J. zebrinus, Hort.=Scirpus  Tabernaemontanus var. sebrinus. K. M. Wiegand.
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J. acuminatus, Michx., and other species may be used for water-gardens.— J. zebrinus, Hort. equals Scirpus  Tabernaemontanus var. sebrinus.
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'''''Juncus''''' is a genus in the family [[Juncaceae]]. It consists of about 225 species of grassy plants commonly called '''rushes'''. They occur in all wet regions of the world, but rarely in the tropics. Many are considered [[weed]]s in [[gardening]], and few are used as [[ornamental plant]]s.
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''Juncus'' species are used as food plants by the [[larva]]e of a number of [[Lepidoptera]] species - see [[list of Lepidoptera which feed on Juncus|list of Lepidoptera which feed on ''Juncus'']].
 
  
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In [[Ireland]] it is sometimes woven into [[baskets]], used as [[thatching|thatch]] to roof houses, or used to make items such as a [[Brigid's cross]].
 
  
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In the state of [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], [[Australia]], [[prehistoric]] people used plaited rushes to harvest trapped [[eel]]s.
 
  
 
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Image:Juncus-subnodulosus.jpg|Blunt-flowered Rush (''Juncus subnodulosus'')
 
Image:Juncus-subnodulosus.jpg|Blunt-flowered Rush (''Juncus subnodulosus'')
 
Image:Illustration Juncus articulatus0.jpg|Jointed Rush (''Juncus articulatus'') - from Thomé, Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz 1885
 
Image:Illustration Juncus articulatus0.jpg|Jointed Rush (''Juncus articulatus'') - from Thomé, Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz 1885
 
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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<!--- xxxxx  *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381  -->
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<!--- xxxxx  *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432  -->
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<!--- xxxxx  *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608  -->
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Juncus hostii


Plant Characteristics
Cultivation
Scientific Names

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Juncus is a genus in the family Juncaceae. It consists of about 225 species of grassy plants commonly called rushes. They occur in all wet regions of the world, but rarely in the tropics. Many are considered weeds in gardening, and few are used as ornamental plants.

Juncus species are used as food plants by the larvae of a number of Lepidoptera species - see list of Lepidoptera which feed on Juncus.


Read about Juncus in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Juncus (classical name, to join). Juncaceae. Rushes. Grass-like plants growing in wet, rarely in dry, places and used for planting in bogs and around aquatic gardens.

Plants send up from the rootstock several unbranched cylindrical sts. which bear a terminal, or sometimes apparently lateral, C3rme of greenish or brownish very small fls.: lvs. grass-like terete or flat: perianth of 6 rigid chaffy parts in 2 whorls; stamens short, either 3 or 6: caps. 3-celled or rarely 1-celled, many-seeded. Rushes differ from the true grasses and sedges in having a true perianth and a many-seeded pod.—The genus includes a host of species distributed throughout the temperate regions, but most of these are not in cult. Rushes are sold by dealers in native and aquatic plants. The kind used in making mats in Japan is procurable from dealers in Japanese plants.

J. acuminatus, Michx., and other species may be used for water-gardens.— J. zebrinus, Hort. equals Scirpus Tabernaemontanus var. sebrinus.


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Cultivation

Propagation

Pests and diseases

Species

Gallery

  • photo 1

  • photo 2

  • photo 3

  • Blunt-flowered Rush (Juncus subnodulosus)

  • Jointed Rush (Juncus articulatus) - from Thomé, Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz 1885

References

External links


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