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Juncus kelloggii

Juncus kelloggii Engelm.

Kellogg's Dwarf Rush

Juncaceae (Rush Family)

Synonym(s): Juncus brachystylus

USDA Symbol: JUKE

USDA Native Status: L48 (N), CAN (N)

Listed as an endangered species in Canada. Found on Vancouver Island and also on the Columbia River.

A member of the family Juncaceae which includes herbs, rarely shrubs, with mostly grass-like leaves, usually in a basal tuft, and small greenish or brownish flower in dense spikes or heads or sometimes in loose clusters or even solitary.