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Juncus filiformis ~ thread rush

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Characteristics:
  • FACW
  • Michigan C Value: 10
  • also known as filiform rush
  • 20-30.5 cm tall
  • rhizomes are widely creeping, sparingly branched, 1.5-2 mm diameter
  • nodes closely set
  • culms are terete, 1 mm diameter
  • leaf blades are absent
  • inflorescences 3-10(12) flowered, loosely congested
  • capsules usually tan, nearly globose, shorter than perianth
  • seeds are not tailed
  • native
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