Juncus articulatus

A Rush at Deakin, ACT

Juncus articulatus at Deakin, ACT - 29 Jan 2022
Juncus articulatus at Deakin, ACT - 29 Jan 2022
Juncus articulatus at Deakin, ACT - 29 Jan 2022
Juncus articulatus at Deakin, ACT - 29 Jan 2022
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Identification history

Juncus articulatus 1 Feb 2022 MichaelMulvaney
Juncus articulatus 30 Jan 2022 Tapirlord

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In a wet soak rhn, fairly sure it’s exotic, amongst umbrella sedge & common spike rush

3 comments

   31 Jan 2022
Possibly also Juncus bufonius. What do you think?
Tapirlord wrote:
   31 Jan 2022
Pretty sure its articulatus, though I agree both are similar. In J.bufonius the infloresence are clustered in groups of 2-4 whereas in J.articulatus they are clustered from 5-10, rarely to 30. I'm seeing clusters of 5-8 (or thereabouts).
Tapirlord wrote:
   31 Jan 2022
https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Juncus~bufonius
https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Juncus~articulatus

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Additional information

  • Less than 10cm Plant height
  • True In flower

Species information

  • Juncus articulatus Scientific name
  • A Rush Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Exotic
  • Minor weed or pest
  • Up to 1215.08m Recorded at altitude
  • Machine learning
  • In flower
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