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Juncus dubius

Juncus dubius Engelm.

Dubius Rush, Little Bamboo, Mariposa Rush

Juncaceae (Rush Family)

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USDA Symbol: judu

USDA Native Status: L48 (N)

Creeping rootstocks send up rather close, single, erect, stout stems 1 1/2-3 ft. tall. Grass-like leaves are dark green. The seed head is widely branched with light greenish-brown spikelets.

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.