Juncus
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Read about Juncus in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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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.
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 Juncus hostii from Thomé, Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz 1885 | ||||||||||||
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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.
Uses
In Ireland it is sometimes woven into baskets, used as thatch to roof houses, or used to make items such as a Brigid's cross.
In the state of Victoria, Australia, prehistoric people used plaited rushes to harvest trapped eels.
Species
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Blunt-flowered Rush (Juncus subnodulosus)
Jointed Rush (Juncus articulatus) - from Thomé, Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz 1885
