Juncus balticus Willd.

• Region

  North America

• Country

  United States of America

• State/Province

  Nevada

• County/Municipio

  Clark Co.

• Locality

  42 km SSW of Mesquite, Red Bluff Spring, SW tip of Bitter Ridge; canyon bottom

• Elevation

  Alt. 495 m. (1624 ft.)

• Coordinates

  36.4608, -114.254

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

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JUNCACEAE OF NEVADA, USA
Clark County
Juncus balticus Willd.
Overton Beach 7.5’ USGS topographic quadrangle
Zone 11 07 46 120mE 40 38 360mN (NAD27 ConUS),
N36.46080 W114.25350, 0495m(1620ft) elevation, 42km SSW
of Mesquite, Red Bluff Spring, SW tip of Bitter Ridge; canyon
bottom with Acacia greggii, Allenrolfea occidentalis, Ambrosia
dumosa, Amphipappus Jremontii, Anemopsis californica,
Atriplex canescens, A. confertifolia, A. hymenelytra, Camissonia
walkeri, Chilopsis linearis, Cylindropuntia echinocarpa,
Distichlis spicata, Echinomastus johnsonii, Eriogonum
inflatum, Hymenoclea salsola, Juncus balticus, J. xiphioides,
Krameria erecta, Larrea tridentata, Lycium andersonii, Opuntia
basilaris, Pluchea sericeus, Prosopis glandulosa, Psorothamnus
fremontii, Scirpus pungens, Selinocarpus nevadensis,
Sphaeralcea ambigua, Stanleya pinnata, Stephanomeria
pauciflora, Suaeda moquinii, Tamarix ramosissima, Tiquilia
latior, and Typha domingensis.
Local in wet soil, sheaths and rhizomes vary dark brown to
nearly black.
Marc A. Baker 16906	10 May 2009
with Laurel Anderton
02379126