Juncus stygius: UW-Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium: Plant Details Page

Juncus stygius L. var. americanus Buchenau image

Photographer: Emmet J. Judziewicz

Corey Raimond

Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

Family Juncaceae
Juncus stygius L. var. americanus Buchenau
bog rush, moor rush
Juncus: the classical Latin name for the rush, possibly from jungere, "to join or bind," because the stems were used for binding
stygius: Linnaeus in Lachesis Lapponica, describing boggy area which "consists chiefly of marshes, here called stygz. A divine could never describe a place of future punishment more horrible than this country, nor could the Styx of poets exceed it."

County distribution map- click for detailed distribution maps.

Detailed Distribution:
Town Range Maps
Google Dot Maps

Status:	Endangered
Plant:	perennial rush
(Glossary)

More Information	Natural Communities	Herbarium Specimens
All Juncus list	Ethnobotany Information	Google- Images or Text

Flora of North America (off site)

Synonyms

Juncus stygius L. subsp. americanus (Buchenau) Hultén

Home

Faculty

Botany News/Events

Projects

Book We Recommend

Historical Botanists

Other Links

Lichens (off site)

Tom Volk's Fungi (off site)

Taxonomy of Vascular Plants

Vascular Plants

Browse by	Identification Guides
Family	Wildflowers
Genus	Trees
Common Names	Shrubs
Search by	Vines
Names	Aquatic-Semi aquatic
Specimens	Ferns - Fern Allies
Blooming Times	Grasses, Sedges, or Rushes
County & Status	Other Resources
Town Range	Taxonomy of Vascular Plants
	WI Checklist & CofC Values

Bryophytes

Browse by:

Common Name

Genus

Search by:

County

Name

Permissions

Web Map