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Juncus articulatus

Jointed Rush

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G5SecureGlobal Rank

Least concernIUCN

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.158094

Element CodePMJUN01090

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryVascular Plant

IUCNLeast concern

Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations

KingdomPlantae

PhylumAnthophyta

ClassMonocotyledoneae

OrderJuncales

FamilyJuncaceae

GenusJuncus

Other Common Names

Jointleaf Rush (EN) jointleaf rush (EN) Jonc articulé (FR)

Concept Reference

Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.

Conservation Status

Rank MethodExpertise without calculation

Review Date2016-05-13

Change Date1984-06-06

Range Extent>2,500,000 square km (greater than 1,000,000 square miles)

Rank Reasons

Widespread common in much of Old World, with patchy distribution in North America. Tens of thousands of occurrences.

Range Extent Comments

Widespread in Eurasia, disjunct distributions in eastern and western boreal North America. Also in North Africa according to Hulten (B68HUL01AKUS).

Ecology & Habitat

Habitat

Margins of ponds and lakes (B74WEL01AKUS).

Palustrine Habitats

Riparian

Other Nations (2)

United StatesNNR

Province	Rank	Native
Montana	SNR	Yes
New Mexico	SNR	Yes
Pennsylvania	SNR	Yes
Virginia	S1	Yes
Rhode Island	SNR	Yes
West Virginia	S1	Yes
Oregon	SNR	Yes
Illinois	SNR	Yes
North Carolina	SNR	Yes
New Jersey	S3	Yes
Idaho	SNR	Yes
Utah	S3	Yes
Nebraska	S1	Yes
Tennessee	S1	Yes
Michigan	SNR	Yes
Kentucky	S2	Yes
Massachusetts	SNR	Yes
Minnesota	S1	Yes
Nevada	S2	Yes
Connecticut	SNR	Yes
Vermont	S5	Yes
Maryland	S1	Yes
Indiana	S1	Yes
New Hampshire	SNR	Yes
Washington	SNR	Yes
South Dakota	S1	Yes
Ohio	SNR	Yes
Colorado	S3	Yes
Maine	SNR	Yes
Wyoming	S2	Yes
California	SNR	Yes
Alaska	S1	Yes
Arizona	S3	Yes
New York	S5	Yes

CanadaN5

Province	Rank	Native
New Brunswick	S5	Yes
Ontario	S5	Yes
Nova Scotia	S5	Yes
British Columbia	S5	Yes
Prince Edward Island	S4	Yes
Quebec	SNR	Yes
Island of Newfoundland	S5	Yes

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (1)

North Carolina (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Middle Prong Addition	Pisgah National Forest	1,852

References (1)

Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.