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Rushes and Allies - Photo (c) Debra Vasquez, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Debra Vasquez CC
Rushes and Allies (Family Juncaceae) Info
Juncaceae is a family of flowering plants, commonly known as the rush family. It consists of 8 genera and about 464 known species of slow-growing, rhizomatous, herbaceous monocotyledonous plants that may superficially resemble grasses and sedges. They often grow on infertile soils in a wide range of moisture conditions. The best-known and largest genus is Juncus. Most of the Juncus species grow exclusively in wetland habitats. A few rushes, such as Juncus bufonius (Wikipedia)
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Rushes (Genus Juncus) Info
Juncus is a genus of monocotyledonous flowering plants, commonly known as rushes. It is the largest genus in the family Juncaceae, containing around 300 species. (Wikipedia)
Field Horsetail - Photo (c) Сергей Самохвалов, all rights reserved, uploaded by Сергей Самохвалов C
Field Horsetail (Equisetum arvense) Info
Equisetum arvense, the field horsetail or common horsetail, is an herbaceous perennial horsetail native throughout the arctic and temperate regions of the northern hemisphere. It has separate sterile non-reproductive and fertile spore-bearing stems growing from a perennial underground rhizomatous stem system. The fertile stems are produced in early spring and are non-photosynthetic, while the green sterile stems start to grow after the fertile stems have wilted and per (Wikipedia)
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Woodrushes (Genus Luzula) Info
Luzula is a genus of flowering plants the family Juncaceae, the rushes. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, with species occurring throughout the world, especially in temperate regions, the Arctic, and higher elevation areas in the tropics. Plants of the genus are known commonly as wood-rush, wood rush, or woodrush. Possible origins of the genus name include the Italian lucciola ("to shine, sparkle") or the Latin luzulae or luxulae, f (Wikipedia)
Scirpus Bulrushes - Photo (c) Matt Lavin, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) CC
Scirpus Bulrushes (Genus Scirpus) Info
Scirpus is a genus of aquatic, grass-like species in the family Cyperaceae (the sedges), many with the common names club-rush or bulrush (see also bulrush for other plant genera so-named). Other common names are deergrass or grassweed. They have grass-like leaves, and clusters of small spikelets, often brown. Some species (e.g. S. lacustris) can reach a height of 3 m, while others (e.g. S. supinus) are much smaller, only reaching 20–30 cm ta (Wikipedia)
Restiads - Photo (c) Shaun Swanepoel, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), uploaded by Shaun Swanepoel CC
Restiads (Family Restionaceae) Info
The Restionaceae, also called restiads and restios, are a family of annual or perennial rush-like flowering plants native to the Southern Hemisphere; they vary from a few centimeters to 3 m in height. Following the APG IV (2016): the family now includes the former families Anarthriaceae, Centrolepidaceae and Lyginiaceae, and as such includes 51 genera with 572 known species. Based on evidence from fossil pollens, the Restionaceae likely originated more than 65 million years a (Wikipedia)
Spikerushes - Photo (c) James Bailey, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by James Bailey CC
Spikerushes (Genus Eleocharis) Info
Eleocharis is a virtually cosmopolitan genus of 250 or more species of flowering plants in the sedge family, Cyperaceae. The name is derived from the Greek words ἕλειος (heleios), meaning "marsh dweller," and χάρις (charis), meaning "grace." Members of the genus are known commonly as spikerushes or spikesedges. The genus has a geographically cosmopolitan distribution, with centers of diversity in the Amazon Rainforest and adjacent eastern slopes of the So (Wikipedia)
Schoenoplectus Bulrushes - Photo (c) jrebman, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by jrebman CC
Schoenoplectus Bulrushes (Genus Schoenoplectus) Info
Schoenoplectus (club-rush , bulrush or tule ) is a genus of plants in the sedges with a cosmopolitan distribution. Note that the name bulrush is also applied to species in the unrelated genus Typha as well as to other sedges. The genus Schoenoplectus was formerly considered part of Scirpus, but recent phylogenetic data shows that they are not closely related. (Wikipedia)
Soft Rush - Photo (c) Kuan-Chieh (Chuck) Hung, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), uploaded by Kuan-Chieh (Chuck) Hung CC
Soft Rush (Juncus effusus) Info
Juncus effusus, with the common names common rush or soft rush, is a perennial herbaceous flowering plant species in the family Juncaceae. In North America, the common name soft rush also refers to Juncus interior. (Wikipedia)
Spanish Broom - Photo (c) Aaron Sizer, all rights reserved, uploaded by Aaron Sizer C
Spanish Broom (Spartium junceum) Info
Spartium junceum, commonly known as Spanish broom or weaver's broom, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. (Wikipedia)
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Ruddy Shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea) Info
The ruddy shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea), known in India as the Brahminy duck, is a member of the family Anatidae. It is a distinctive waterfowl, 58 to 70 cm (23 to 28 in) in length with a wingspan of 110 to 135 cm (43 to 53 in). It has orange-brown body plumage with a paler head, while the tail and the flight feathers in the wings are black, contrasting with the white wing-coverts. It is a migratory bird, wintering in the... (Wikipedia)
Flowering-rush Family - Photo (c) Gernot Hochmueller, some rights reserved (CC BY) CC
Flowering-rush Family (Family Butomaceae) Info
Butomus is the only known genus in the plant family Butomaceae, native to Europe and Asia. Two species are recognized: (Wikipedia)
Flowering-Rushes - Photo (c) Anne Leduc, all rights reserved, uploaded by Anne Leduc C
Flowering-Rushes (Genus Butomus) Info
Butomus is the only known genus in the plant family Butomaceae, native to Europe and Asia. Two species are recognized: (Wikipedia)
Flowering-Rush - Photo (c) Yael Orgad, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Yael Orgad CC
Flowering-Rush (Butomus umbellatus) Info
Butomus umbellatus is the Old World Palearctic and Asian plant species in the family Butomaceae. Common names include flowering rush or grass rush. (Wikipedia)
Slender Path Rush - Photo (c) Susan Elliott, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Susan Elliott CC
Slender Path Rush (Juncus tenuis) Info
Juncus tenuis, the slender rush, is a clump-forming, round-stemmed perennial in the Juncaceae (rush family). Slender rush grows to be between 15 and 60 cm tall. Generally considered a weed, it is rarely sold by retailers as a household container plant. Where it is introduced, it is colloquially called path rush, field rush, slender yard rush, poverty rush or wiregrass. (Wikipedia)
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Fringe Rush (Genus Fimbristylis) Info
Fimbristylis is a genus of sedges. A plant in this genus may be known commonly as a fimbry, fimbristyle, or fringe-rush. There are 200 to 300 species distributed worldwide. Several continents have native species but many species have been introduced to regions where they are not native. Some are considered weeds. These are typical sedges in appearance, with stiff, ridged stems and cone-shaped terminal panicles of spikelets. They are found in wet environments, an (Wikipedia)
Clubrush - Photo (c) Forest and Kim Starr, some rights reserved (CC BY) CC
Clubrush (Genus Bolboschoenus) Info
Bolboschoenus is a genus of plants in the sedge family, of nearly cosmopolitan distribution. Epipaleolithic and Neolithic peoples used ground root tubers of these plants to make the first breads. (Wikipedia)
Wood Club-Rush - Photo (c) Stas & Lana, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Stas & Lana CC
Wood Club-Rush (Scirpus sylvaticus) Info
Scirpus sylvaticus is a species of flowering plant in the sedge family. It is known by common name: wood clubrush. (Wikipedia)
Rush Veneer - Photo (c) Pavel Vojtek, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Pavel Vojtek CC
Rush Veneer (Nomophila noctuella) Info
Nomophila noctuella, the rush veneer, is a species of moth of the family Crambidae. (Wikipedia)
Soft-stemmed Bulrush - Photo (c) Don Sutherland, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Don Sutherland CC
Soft-stemmed Bulrush (Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani) Info
Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani (syn. Scirpus validus) is a species of flowering plant in the sedge family known by the common names softstem bulrush, grey club-rush, and great bulrush. It can be found throughout much of the world; it has been reported from every state in the United States (including Hawaii), and from every province and territory in Canada except Nunavut. It grows in moist and wet habitat, and sometimes in shallow water. (Wikipedia)
Spiny-headed Mat-Rush - Photo (c) QuestaGame, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), uploaded by QuestaGame CC
Spiny-headed Mat-Rush (Lomandra longifolia) Info
Lomandra longifolia, commonly known as spiny-head mat-rush, spiky-headed mat-rush or basket grass, is a perennial, rhizomatous herb found throughout eastern Australia. The leaves are 40 cm to 80 cm long, and generally have a leaf of about 8 mm to 12 mm wide. It grows in a variety of soil types and is frost, heat and drought tolerant. Labillardiere described Lomandra longifolia from a specimen collected in Tasmania. (Wikipedia)
Common Spike-Rush - Photo (c) Станислав, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Станислав CC
Common Spike-Rush (Eleocharis palustris) Info
Eleocharis palustris, the common spike-rush, creeping spike-rush or marsh spike-rush, is a species of mat-forming perennial flowering plants in the sedge family Cyperaceae. It grows in wetlands in Europe, North Africa, northern and central Asia (Siberia, China, Mongolia, Iran, Nepal, etc.) and North America (United States, Canada, Greenland, northern Mexico). Eleocharis palustris is not easily distinguished from other closely related species and is extrem (Wikipedia)
Jointed Rush - Photo (c) Vladimir Bryukhov, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Vladimir Bryukhov CC
Jointed Rush (Juncus articulatus) Info
Juncus articulatus is a flowering plant species in the rush family Juncaceae. It is known by the common name jointleaf rush, and more ambiguously as jointed rush, which can also refer to J. kraussii from Australia. It is native to Eurasia and much of Canada and the United States. It grows in moist areas, such as wet sand, and thrives in calcareous soils. J. articulatus was found to be more sensitive to drought and salt stress... (Wikipedia)
Spiny Rush - Photo (c) mick_photo, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by mick_photo CC
Spiny Rush (Juncus acutus) Info
Juncus acutus, the spiny rush, sharp rush or sharp-pointed rush, is a flowering plant in the monocot family Juncaceae. (Wikipedia)