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{{Taxobox
| aligh = floatright
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Juncus''
| image = Illustration Juncus hostii0.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| image_caption = ''Juncus hostii'' from Thomé, ''Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz'' 1885
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Liliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Poales]]
| familia = [[Juncaceae]]
| genus = '''''Juncus'''''
| genus_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
See text.
}}
'''''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.
''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'']].
==Uses==
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]].
In the state of [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], [[Australia]], [[prehistoric]] people used plaited rushes to harvest trapped [[eel]]s.
==Species==
{{col-begin|width=auto}}
{{col-break}}
* ''[[Juncus abortivus]]'' Chapman - Annual Rush
* ''[[Juncus acuminatus]]'' Michx. - Tapertip Rush
* ''[[Juncus acutus]]'' L. - Sharp Rush
* ''[[Juncus acutiflorus]]'' Ehrh. ex Hoffm. - Sharp-flowered Rush
* ''[[Juncus albescens]]'' (Lange) Fernald - Northern White Rush
* ''[[Juncus alpiniformis]]'' Fern.
* ''[[Juncus alpinoarticulatus]]'' Chaix - Northern Green Rush
* ''[[Juncus ambiguus]]'' Guss. - Frog Rush
* ''[[Juncus arcticus]]'' Willd. - Arctic Rush
* ''[[Juncus articulatus]]'' L. - Jointed Rush
* ''[[Juncus balticus]]'' Willd. - Baltic Rush
* ''[[Juncus biflorus]]'' Ell. - Bog Rush
* ''[[Juncus biglumis]]'' L. - Twoflowered Rush
* ''[[Juncus bolanderi]]'' Engelm. - Bolander's Rush
* ''[[Juncus brachycarpus]]'' Engelm. - Whiteroot Rush
* ''[[Juncus brachycephalus]]'' (Engelm.) Buch. - Smallhead Rush
* ''[[Juncus brachyphyllus]]'' Wieg. - Tuftedstem Rush
* ''[[Juncus brevicaudatus]]'' (Engelm.) Fern. - Narrowpanicle Rush
* ''[[Juncus breweri]]'' Engelm. - Brewer's Rush
* ''[[Juncus bryoides]]'' F.J. Herm. - Moss Rush
* ''[[Juncus bufonius]]'' L. - Toad Rush
* ''[[Juncus bulbosus]]'' L. - Bulbous Rush
* ''[[Juncus caesariensis]]'' Coville - New Jersey Rush
* ''[[Juncus canadensis]]'' J. Gay ex Laharpe - Canadian Rush
* ''[[Juncus capillaris]]'' F.J. Herm. - Hairystem Dwarf Rush
* ''[[Juncus capitatus]]'' Weigel - Leafybract Dwarf Rush
* ''[[Juncus castaneus]]'' Sm. - Chestnut Rush
* ''[[Juncus chlorocephalus]]'' Engelm. - Greenhead Rush
* ''[[Juncus compressus]]'' Jacq. - Round-fruited Rush
* ''[[Juncus confusus]]'' Coville - Colorado Rush
* ''[[Juncus conglomeratus]]'' L. - Compact Rush
* ''[[Juncus cooperi]]'' Engelm. - Cooper's Rush
* ''[[Juncus coriaceus]]'' Mackenzie - Leathery Rush
* ''[[Juncus covillei]]'' Piper - Coville's Rush
* ''[[Juncus cyperoides]]'' Laharpe - Forbestown Rush
* ''[[Juncus debilis]]'' Gray - Weak Rush
* ''[[Juncus dichotomus]]'' Ell. - Forked Rush
* ''[[Juncus diffusissimus]]'' Buckl. - Slimpod Rush
* ''[[Juncus drummondii]]'' E. Mey. - Drummond's Rush
* ''[[Juncus dubius]]'' Engelm. - Dubius Rush
* ''[[Juncus dudleyi]]'' Wieg. - Dudley's Rush
* ''[[Juncus duranii]]'' Ewan - Duran's Rush
* ''[[Juncus effusus]]'' L. - Soft Rush
* ''[[Juncus elliottii]]'' Chapman - Elliott's Rush
* ''[[Juncus ensifolius]]'' Wikstr. - Swordleaf Rush
* ''[[Juncus falcatus]]'' E. Mey. - Falcate Rush
* ''[[Juncus filiformis]]'' L. - Thread Rush
* ''[[Juncus filipendulus]]'' Buckl. - Ringseed Rush
* ''[[Juncus x fulvescens]]'' Fern. -
* ''[[Juncus georgianus]]'' Coville - Georgia Rush
* ''[[Juncus gerardii]]'' Loisel. - Saltmarsh Rush
* ''[[Juncus glomeratus]]'' Batson - Clustered Rush
* ''[[Juncus x gracilescens]]'' F.J. Herm. -
* ''[[Juncus greenei]]'' Oakes & Tuckerman - Greene's Rush
* ''[[Juncus gymnocarpus]]'' Coville - Pennsylvania Rush
* ''[[Juncus haenkei]]'' E. Mey. - Haenke's Rush
* ''[[Juncus hallii]]'' Engelm. - Hall's Rush
* ''[[Juncus hemiendytus]]'' F.J. Herm. - Herman's Dwarf Rush
* ''[[Juncus howellii]]'' F.J. Herm. - Howell's Rush
* ''[[Juncus inflexus]]'' L. - Hard Rush
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* ''[[Juncus interior]]'' Wieg. - Inland Rush
* ''[[Juncus kelloggii]]'' Engelm. - Kellogg's Dwarf Rush
* ''[[Juncus kraussii]]
* ''[[Juncus leiospermus]]'' F.J. Herm. - Red Bluff Dwarf Rush
* ''[[Juncus lesueurii]]'' Boland. - Salt Rush
* ''[[Juncus longii]]'' Fern. - Long's Rush
* ''[[Juncus longistylis]]'' Torr. - Longstyle Rush
* ''[[Juncus luciensis]]'' Ertter - Santa Lucia Dwarf Rush
* ''[[Juncus macrandrus]]'' Coville - Longanther Rush
* ''[[Juncus macrophyllus]]'' Coville - Longleaf Rush
* ''[[Juncus marginatus]]'' Rostk. - Grassleaf Rush
* ''[[Juncus maritimus]]'' Lam. - Sea Rush
* ''[[Juncus megacephalus]]'' M.A. Curtis - Bighead Rush
* ''[[Juncus mertensianus]]'' Bong. - Mertens' Rush
* ''[[Juncus mexicanus]]'' Willd. - Mexican Rush
* ''[[Juncus militaris]]'' Bigelow - Bayonet Rush
* ''[[Juncus nevadensis]]'' S. Wats. - Sierra Rush
* ''[[Juncus nodatus]]'' Coville - Stout Rush
* ''[[Juncus x nodosiformis]]'' Fern. -
* ''[[Juncus nodosus]]'' L. - Knotted Rush
* ''[[Juncus occidentalis]]'' Wieg. - Western Rush
* ''[[Juncus x oronensis]]'' Fern. -
* ''[[Juncus orthophyllus]]'' Coville - Straightleaf Rush
* ''[[Juncus oxymeris]]'' Engelm. - Pointed Rush
* ''[[Juncus parryi]]'' Engelm. - Parry's Rush
* ''[[Juncus patens]]'' E. Mey. - Spreading Rush
* ''[[Juncus pelocarpus]]'' E. Mey. - Brownfruit Rush
* ''[[Juncus phaeocephalus]]'' Engelm. - Brownhead Rush
* ''[[Juncus planifolius]]'' R. Br. - Broadleaf Rush
* ''[[Juncus polyanthemos]]'' Buch. - Manyflower Rush
* ''[[Juncus polycephalus]]'' Michx. - Manyhead Rush
* ''[[Juncus regelii]]'' Buch. - Regel's Rush
* ''[[Juncus repens]]'' Michx. - Lesser Creeping Rush
* ''[[Juncus roemerianus]]'' Scheele - Needlegrass Rush
* ''[[Juncus rugulosus]]'' Engelm. - Wrinkled Rush
* ''[[Juncus saximontanus]]'' A. Nels. - Rocky Mountain Rush
* ''[[Juncus scirpoides]]'' Lam. - Needlepod Rush
* ''[[Juncus secundus]]'' Beauv. ex Poir. - Lopsided Rush
* ''[[Juncus squarrosus]]'' L. - Heath Rush
* ''[[Juncus stuckeyi]]'' Reinking Rush
* ''[[Juncus stygius]]'' L. - Moor Rush
* ''[[Juncus subcaudatus]]'' (Engelm.) Coville & Blake - Woodland Rush
* ''[[Juncus subnodulosus]]'' Schrank - Blunt-flowered Rush
* ''[[Juncus subtilis]]'' E. Mey. - Greater Creeping Rush
* ''[[Juncus supiniformis]]'' Engelm. - Hairyleaf Rush
* ''[[Juncus tenuis]]'' Willd. - Slender Rush
* ''[[Juncus texanus]]'' (Engelm.) Coville - Texas Rush
* ''[[Juncus textilis]]'' Buch. - Basket Rush
* ''[[Juncus tiehmii]]'' Ertter - Nevada Rush
* ''[[Juncus torreyi]]'' Coville - Torrey's Rush
* ''[[Juncus tracyi]]'' Rydb. - Tracy's Rush
* ''[[Juncus trifidus]]'' L. - Highland Rush
* ''[[Juncus triformis]]'' Engelm. - Yosemite Dwarf Rush
* ''[[Juncus triglumis]]'' L. - Threehulled Rush
* ''[[Juncus trigonocarpus]]'' Steud. - Redpod Rush
* ''[[Juncus tweedyi]]'' Rydb. - Tweedy's Rush
* ''[[Juncus uncialis]]'' Greene - Twelfth Rush
* ''[[Juncus validus]]'' Coville - Roundhead Rush
* ''[[Juncus vaseyi]]'' Engelm. - Vasey's Rush
* ''[[Juncus xiphioides]]'' E. Mey. - Irisleaf Rush
{{col-end}}
<gallery>
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
</gallery>
{{Poales-stub}}
[[Category:Poales]]
{{Taxobox
| aligh = floatright
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Juncus''
| image = Illustration Juncus hostii0.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| image_caption = ''Juncus hostii'' from Thomé, ''Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz'' 1885
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Liliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Poales]]
| familia = [[Juncaceae]]
| genus = '''''Juncus'''''
| genus_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
See text.
}}
'''''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.
''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'']].
==Uses==
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]].
In the state of [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], [[Australia]], [[prehistoric]] people used plaited rushes to harvest trapped [[eel]]s.
==Species==
{{col-begin|width=auto}}
{{col-break}}
* ''[[Juncus abortivus]]'' Chapman - Annual Rush
* ''[[Juncus acuminatus]]'' Michx. - Tapertip Rush
* ''[[Juncus acutus]]'' L. - Sharp Rush
* ''[[Juncus acutiflorus]]'' Ehrh. ex Hoffm. - Sharp-flowered Rush
* ''[[Juncus albescens]]'' (Lange) Fernald - Northern White Rush
* ''[[Juncus alpiniformis]]'' Fern.
* ''[[Juncus alpinoarticulatus]]'' Chaix - Northern Green Rush
* ''[[Juncus ambiguus]]'' Guss. - Frog Rush
* ''[[Juncus arcticus]]'' Willd. - Arctic Rush
* ''[[Juncus articulatus]]'' L. - Jointed Rush
* ''[[Juncus balticus]]'' Willd. - Baltic Rush
* ''[[Juncus biflorus]]'' Ell. - Bog Rush
* ''[[Juncus biglumis]]'' L. - Twoflowered Rush
* ''[[Juncus bolanderi]]'' Engelm. - Bolander's Rush
* ''[[Juncus brachycarpus]]'' Engelm. - Whiteroot Rush
* ''[[Juncus brachycephalus]]'' (Engelm.) Buch. - Smallhead Rush
* ''[[Juncus brachyphyllus]]'' Wieg. - Tuftedstem Rush
* ''[[Juncus brevicaudatus]]'' (Engelm.) Fern. - Narrowpanicle Rush
* ''[[Juncus breweri]]'' Engelm. - Brewer's Rush
* ''[[Juncus bryoides]]'' F.J. Herm. - Moss Rush
* ''[[Juncus bufonius]]'' L. - Toad Rush
* ''[[Juncus bulbosus]]'' L. - Bulbous Rush
* ''[[Juncus caesariensis]]'' Coville - New Jersey Rush
* ''[[Juncus canadensis]]'' J. Gay ex Laharpe - Canadian Rush
* ''[[Juncus capillaris]]'' F.J. Herm. - Hairystem Dwarf Rush
* ''[[Juncus capitatus]]'' Weigel - Leafybract Dwarf Rush
* ''[[Juncus castaneus]]'' Sm. - Chestnut Rush
* ''[[Juncus chlorocephalus]]'' Engelm. - Greenhead Rush
* ''[[Juncus compressus]]'' Jacq. - Round-fruited Rush
* ''[[Juncus confusus]]'' Coville - Colorado Rush
* ''[[Juncus conglomeratus]]'' L. - Compact Rush
* ''[[Juncus cooperi]]'' Engelm. - Cooper's Rush
* ''[[Juncus coriaceus]]'' Mackenzie - Leathery Rush
* ''[[Juncus covillei]]'' Piper - Coville's Rush
* ''[[Juncus cyperoides]]'' Laharpe - Forbestown Rush
* ''[[Juncus debilis]]'' Gray - Weak Rush
* ''[[Juncus dichotomus]]'' Ell. - Forked Rush
* ''[[Juncus diffusissimus]]'' Buckl. - Slimpod Rush
* ''[[Juncus drummondii]]'' E. Mey. - Drummond's Rush
* ''[[Juncus dubius]]'' Engelm. - Dubius Rush
* ''[[Juncus dudleyi]]'' Wieg. - Dudley's Rush
* ''[[Juncus duranii]]'' Ewan - Duran's Rush
* ''[[Juncus effusus]]'' L. - Soft Rush
* ''[[Juncus elliottii]]'' Chapman - Elliott's Rush
* ''[[Juncus ensifolius]]'' Wikstr. - Swordleaf Rush
* ''[[Juncus falcatus]]'' E. Mey. - Falcate Rush
* ''[[Juncus filiformis]]'' L. - Thread Rush
* ''[[Juncus filipendulus]]'' Buckl. - Ringseed Rush
* ''[[Juncus x fulvescens]]'' Fern. -
* ''[[Juncus georgianus]]'' Coville - Georgia Rush
* ''[[Juncus gerardii]]'' Loisel. - Saltmarsh Rush
* ''[[Juncus glomeratus]]'' Batson - Clustered Rush
* ''[[Juncus x gracilescens]]'' F.J. Herm. -
* ''[[Juncus greenei]]'' Oakes & Tuckerman - Greene's Rush
* ''[[Juncus gymnocarpus]]'' Coville - Pennsylvania Rush
* ''[[Juncus haenkei]]'' E. Mey. - Haenke's Rush
* ''[[Juncus hallii]]'' Engelm. - Hall's Rush
* ''[[Juncus hemiendytus]]'' F.J. Herm. - Herman's Dwarf Rush
* ''[[Juncus howellii]]'' F.J. Herm. - Howell's Rush
* ''[[Juncus inflexus]]'' L. - Hard Rush
{{col-break}}
* ''[[Juncus interior]]'' Wieg. - Inland Rush
* ''[[Juncus kelloggii]]'' Engelm. - Kellogg's Dwarf Rush
* ''[[Juncus kraussii]]
* ''[[Juncus leiospermus]]'' F.J. Herm. - Red Bluff Dwarf Rush
* ''[[Juncus lesueurii]]'' Boland. - Salt Rush
* ''[[Juncus longii]]'' Fern. - Long's Rush
* ''[[Juncus longistylis]]'' Torr. - Longstyle Rush
* ''[[Juncus luciensis]]'' Ertter - Santa Lucia Dwarf Rush
* ''[[Juncus macrandrus]]'' Coville - Longanther Rush
* ''[[Juncus macrophyllus]]'' Coville - Longleaf Rush
* ''[[Juncus marginatus]]'' Rostk. - Grassleaf Rush
* ''[[Juncus maritimus]]'' Lam. - Sea Rush
* ''[[Juncus megacephalus]]'' M.A. Curtis - Bighead Rush
* ''[[Juncus mertensianus]]'' Bong. - Mertens' Rush
* ''[[Juncus mexicanus]]'' Willd. - Mexican Rush
* ''[[Juncus militaris]]'' Bigelow - Bayonet Rush
* ''[[Juncus nevadensis]]'' S. Wats. - Sierra Rush
* ''[[Juncus nodatus]]'' Coville - Stout Rush
* ''[[Juncus x nodosiformis]]'' Fern. -
* ''[[Juncus nodosus]]'' L. - Knotted Rush
* ''[[Juncus occidentalis]]'' Wieg. - Western Rush
* ''[[Juncus x oronensis]]'' Fern. -
* ''[[Juncus orthophyllus]]'' Coville - Straightleaf Rush
* ''[[Juncus oxymeris]]'' Engelm. - Pointed Rush
* ''[[Juncus parryi]]'' Engelm. - Parry's Rush
* ''[[Juncus patens]]'' E. Mey. - Spreading Rush
* ''[[Juncus pelocarpus]]'' E. Mey. - Brownfruit Rush
* ''[[Juncus phaeocephalus]]'' Engelm. - Brownhead Rush
* ''[[Juncus planifolius]]'' R. Br. - Broadleaf Rush
* ''[[Juncus polyanthemos]]'' Buch. - Manyflower Rush
* ''[[Juncus polycephalus]]'' Michx. - Manyhead Rush
* ''[[Juncus regelii]]'' Buch. - Regel's Rush
* ''[[Juncus repens]]'' Michx. - Lesser Creeping Rush
* ''[[Juncus roemerianus]]'' Scheele - Needlegrass Rush
* ''[[Juncus rugulosus]]'' Engelm. - Wrinkled Rush
* ''[[Juncus saximontanus]]'' A. Nels. - Rocky Mountain Rush
* ''[[Juncus scirpoides]]'' Lam. - Needlepod Rush
* ''[[Juncus secundus]]'' Beauv. ex Poir. - Lopsided Rush
* ''[[Juncus squarrosus]]'' L. - Heath Rush
* ''[[Juncus stuckeyi]]'' Reinking Rush
* ''[[Juncus stygius]]'' L. - Moor Rush
* ''[[Juncus subcaudatus]]'' (Engelm.) Coville & Blake - Woodland Rush
* ''[[Juncus subnodulosus]]'' Schrank - Blunt-flowered Rush
* ''[[Juncus subtilis]]'' E. Mey. - Greater Creeping Rush
* ''[[Juncus supiniformis]]'' Engelm. - Hairyleaf Rush
* ''[[Juncus tenuis]]'' Willd. - Slender Rush
* ''[[Juncus texanus]]'' (Engelm.) Coville - Texas Rush
* ''[[Juncus textilis]]'' Buch. - Basket Rush
* ''[[Juncus tiehmii]]'' Ertter - Nevada Rush
* ''[[Juncus torreyi]]'' Coville - Torrey's Rush
* ''[[Juncus tracyi]]'' Rydb. - Tracy's Rush
* ''[[Juncus trifidus]]'' L. - Highland Rush
* ''[[Juncus triformis]]'' Engelm. - Yosemite Dwarf Rush
* ''[[Juncus triglumis]]'' L. - Threehulled Rush
* ''[[Juncus trigonocarpus]]'' Steud. - Redpod Rush
* ''[[Juncus tweedyi]]'' Rydb. - Tweedy's Rush
* ''[[Juncus uncialis]]'' Greene - Twelfth Rush
* ''[[Juncus validus]]'' Coville - Roundhead Rush
* ''[[Juncus vaseyi]]'' Engelm. - Vasey's Rush
* ''[[Juncus xiphioides]]'' E. Mey. - Irisleaf Rush
{{col-end}}
<gallery>
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
</gallery>
{{Poales-stub}}
[[Category:Poales]]
