MatBio: GRASSES, SEDGES & RUSHES - Matanzas Biodiversity

Welcome to our series of field guides - part of the MatBio Initiative at the Whitney Laboratory of Marine Bioscience! Our guides document the plant and animal species living in the Matanzas Basin, a coastal ecosystem stretching from St. Augustine to Palm Coast in NE Florida. They are works in ...more ↓

Toad Rush ¹
Juncus bufonius

Leathery Rush ²
Juncus coriaceus

Forked Rush ³
Juncus dichotomus

Soft Rush ⁴
Juncus effusus solutus

Bog Rush ⁵
Juncus elliottii

Shore Rush ²
Juncus marginatus

Bighead Rush ³
Juncus megacephalus

Manyhead Rush ⁶
Juncus polycephalus

Lesser Creeping Rush ²
Juncus repens

Black Needle Rush ²
Juncus roemerianus

Needlepod Rush ³
Juncus scirpoides

Edited by matbio and Jose Nunez

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1. (c) Matt Lavin, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)
2. (c) "Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc.", some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
3. (c) "USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute.", some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
4. (c) Jerry Oldenettel, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
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MatBio: GRASSES, SEDGES & RUSHES - Matanzas Biodiversity

Toad Rush 1 Juncus bufonius

Leathery Rush 2 Juncus coriaceus

Forked Rush 3 Juncus dichotomus

Soft Rush 4 Juncus effusus solutus

Bog Rush 5 Juncus elliottii

Shore Rush 2 Juncus marginatus

Bighead Rush 3 Juncus megacephalus

Manyhead Rush 6 Juncus polycephalus

Lesser Creeping Rush 2 Juncus repens

Black Needle Rush 2 Juncus roemerianus

Needlepod Rush 3 Juncus scirpoides