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Juncus patens is a species of rush, known by the common names spreading rush and California grey rush. [1] It is native to the West Coast of the United States from Washington to California, and into Baja California, Mexico. [2] It grows at seeps, springs, and riparian zones in stream beds and on river and pond banks, in marshes, and in other ...
Juncaceae is a family of flowering plants, commonly known as the rush family. It consists of 8 genera and about 464 known species [2] of slow-growing, rhizomatous, herbaceous monocotyledonous plants that may superficially resemble grasses and sedges. They often grow on infertile soils in a wide range of moisture conditions.
Juncus textilis is an important plant endemic to California; Chumash people use it today for basket-making as they have been for centuries. [3] The rush was [sic] valued for its varied colors, from deep red to sun-dried tan; the stems were [sic] dyed black with sea plants such as Suaeda species and yellow with Psorothamnus emoryi. [2] [3]
The good news for the milkvetch plant is that they usually need wildfire to sprout — meaning dormant seeds now have a massive new habitat for a new crop of the rare shrub.
Juncus effusus is a perennial herbaceous flowering plant species in the rush family Juncaceae, with the common names common rush or soft rush. In North America, the common name soft rush also refers to Juncus interior .
Juncus acutus is a brown and green [12] tussock-forming [6] perennial that can grow to 1.5 metres (4.9 ft) [12] tall in all kinds of soils, [13] in areas which go from extremes in flood and dry like dunes [4] or that just stay wet like lowland grassland and grassy woodland, riparian vegetation, freshwater wetland, and saline and subsaline wetlands.
Butomus umbellatus is a Eurasian plant species in the family Butomaceae.It is the only species in the family. Common names include flowering rush [2] or grass rush.Introduced into North America as an ornamental plant it has now become a serious invasive weed [3] in the Great Lakes area and in parts of the Pacific Northwest. [4]
Juncus gerardii is native to Europe (Mediterranean to Mongolia) and North America. [5] In North America, it has spread to some unwanted locations, such as the Great Lakes region, where it causes several adverse environmental impacts, such as threatening the survival of native vegetation and hosting insects that can carry diseases.