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Juncus interior

Juncus interior Wiegand

Inland Rush

Juncaceae (Rush Family)

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USDA Symbol: juin2

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

Densely or loosely clusters stems rise 1-2 ft. Basal leaves are linear and usually less than a third as long as the stem. The terminal seed head is loosely branched and bears small, greenish spikelets. Long narrow "leaves" subtend the seed head, extending above it.

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.