Juncus canadensis J.Gay

  • Authority

    Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.

  • Family

    Juncaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Juncus canadensis J.Gay ex Laharpe

  • Description

    Species Description - Stems cespitose, stout, rigid, 4-10 dm; lvs erect, terete, septate, 1.5-2.5 mm thick; infl compact to open, 2-20 cm; heads few-many, obpyramidal and 5-10-fld to globose and 50-fld, fls eprophyllate; tep lance-subulate, 3-nerved, the sep 2.7-3.8 mm, the pet very slightly longer; stamens 3 or sometimes 6; fr trigonously prismatic or subtriquetrous, 3.3-4.5 mm, abruptly narrowed to a short beak, subtrilocular, the partitions incomplete distally; seeds slenderly fusiform, 1.2-1.9 mm, the slender whitish appendages constituting more than half the length; 2n=80. Swamps, marshes, and wet shores; Que. and N.S. to Minn., s. to S.C., Ind., Neb., and reputedly La.