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Photographer: David Seils
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Family Juncaceae
Juncus pelocarpus E.Mey.
brown-fruited rush
Juncus: the classical Latin name for the rush, possibly from jungere, "to join or bind," because the stems were used for binding
pelocarpus: fruit of the mud
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, emergent/submersed, perennial, semi-aquatic rush, both submersed & emergent forms; from rhizomes |
| Flower: | 3/3-parted, some flowers replaced by awl-like bulblet; inflorescence clusters on 1 side of spreading branches |
| Fruit: | brown capsule tapering to thin beak |
| Leaf: | narrow, rounded with evenly spaced crossed sections; cupped around each other |
| Habitat: | wet; shores, in shallow water; in sandy, boggy soil |
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