. Common plants of longleaf pine-bluestem range. Plant ecology; Grasses; Forage plants. COMMON RUSH Juncus effusus L. var. solutus Fern. & Wieg. Common rush, also called rice rush and soft rush, grows in swamps, along stream banks, or on other wet sites. Although typical Juncus effusus L. is not found in this country, the species is represented by several varieties. Only variety solutus occurs in the South. Plant height averages 3 feet, but may reach 6 feet. Numerous round seedstalks arise from a stout rhizome to form dense clumps. The leaf is a brown sheath that encircles the seedstalk to
. Common plants of longleaf pine-bluestem range. Plant ecology; Grasses; Forage plants. COMMON RUSH Juncus effusus L. var. solutus Fern. & Wieg. Common rush, also called rice rush and soft rush, grows in swamps, along stream banks, or on other wet sites. Although typical Juncus effusus L. is not found in this country, the species is represented by several varieties. Only variety solutus occurs in the South. Plant height averages 3 feet, but may reach 6 feet. Numerous round seedstalks arise from a stout rhizome to form dense clumps. The leaf is a brown sheath that encircles the seedstalk to a height of about 5 inches. The blade is reduced to a minute bristle at the sheath tip. Flower clusters appear to emerge from one side of their flower stalk. Actually, the inflorescence is terminal, subtended by a single, erect bract that may be misidentified as a continuation of the stalk. Common rush is apparently the only southern fresh- water rush with this characteristic. When fully expanded, usually by May 1, the freely branching inflorescence is about 5 inches long. The many small flowers are single, each pro- ducing a capsular fruit that yields many tiny seeds. New leaves and stalks of common rush are nutri- tious and palatable. Because of its scanty foliage, however, this species provides little forage. Range: Throughout the United States and Can- ada. Perennial. Stems 20-200 cm. tall, from stout rhizomes, forming dense clumps: leaves, the lower reduced to reddish brown basal sheaths, the upper including a slender scalelike blade 1 mm. long; inflorescence a terminal cyme 1-12 cm. in diameter; flowers borne singly on cyme branches; sepals three, acuminate, 2 mm. long; petals three, acuminate, approximately equaling sepals; fruit a capsule, equaling or slightly shorter than the Common rush 42. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustra
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