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Juncus nevadensis

S. Wats.

Sierra Rush

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G5SecureGlobal Rank

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.137837

Element CodePMJUN011Z0

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryVascular Plant

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

KingdomPlantae

PhylumAnthophyta

ClassMonocotyledoneae

OrderJuncales

FamilyJuncaceae

GenusJuncus

Other Common Names

Jonc de la Sierra Nevada (FR) Sierra rush (EN)

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.

Taxonomic Comments

The FNA (2000, vol. 22) treatment did not recognize distinct varieties of Juncus nevadensis, citing highly variable characters. The second edition of The Jepson manual (Baldwin et al. 2012) does accept var. inventus and var. nevadensis as occurring in California; this extends the range of var. inventus (previously thought to be endemic to Oregon) and it is not clear whether that is due to identification of new specimens or a taxonomic revision.

Conservation Status

Rank MethodExpertise without calculation

Review Date2016-08-27

Change Date1993-06-25

Edition Date1993-06-25

Edition AuthorsStoner, N.

Range Extent Comments

UT (Box Elder, Cache, Duchesne, Garfield, Iron, Juab, Piute, Salt Lake, San Juan, Sanpete, Sevier, Summit, Uintah, Utah counties), AK and YT south to southern CA (San Jacinto and San Bernardino mountains through Sierra Nevada), SD, BC, MT, WY.

Occurrences Comments

Common.

Ecology & Habitat

Habitat

Dry meadow, wet meadow, silver sagebrush-meadow, and lodge pole pine communities at 2286-3050 m. Montane coniferous forest, wet banks and meadows at 4000-10700 ft.

Other Nations (2)

United StatesNNR

Province	Rank	Native
California	SNR	Yes
Idaho	SNR	Yes
Nevada	SNR	Yes
Washington	SNR	Yes
Utah	SNR	Yes
New Mexico	SNR	Yes
Arizona	SNR	Yes
Colorado	S3	Yes
Montana	S4	Yes
Oregon	SNR	Yes
Wyoming	S3	Yes

CanadaN4

Province	Rank	Native
Alberta	S1	Yes
British Columbia	S4	Yes
Saskatchewan	S3	Yes

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (1)

California (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Rock Creek West	Inyo National Forest	3,626

References (5)

Baldwin, B. G., D. H. Goldman, D. J. Keil, R. Patterson, T. J. Rosatti, and D. H. Wilken, eds. 2012. The Jepson manual: vascular plants of California. 2nd edition. University of California Press, Berkeley, CA. 1568 pp.
Flora of North America Editorial Committee (FNA). 2000. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Vol. 22. Magnoliophyta: Alismatidae, Arecidae, Commelinidae (in part), and Zingiberidae. Oxford Univ. Press, New York. xxiii + 352 pp.
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.
Munz, P.A., with D.D. Keck. 1959. A California flora. Univ. California Press, Berkeley. 1681 pp.
Welsh, S.L., N.D. Atwood, L.C. Higgins, and S. Goodrich, eds. 1987. A Utah Flora. Great Basin Naturalist Memoir 9: 1- 894. Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah. 894 pp.