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#''Juncus effusus'' subsp. ''laxus'' <small>(Robyns & Tournay) Snogerup</small> — tropical Africa, [[Madagascar]], [[Mauritius]], [[Canary Islands]], [[Madeira]].
#''Juncus effusus'' subsp. ''laxus'' <small>(Robyns & Tournay) Snogerup</small> — tropical Africa, [[Madagascar]], [[Mauritius]], [[Canary Islands]], [[Madeira]].
#''Juncus effusus'' subsp. ''pacificus'' <small>(Fernald & Wiegand) Piper & Beattie</small> — Alaska, [[British Columbia]], Washington, [[Idaho]], Oregon, California, Baja California.<ref name=zika/><ref>[http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_query.cgi?where-taxon=Juncus+effusus+ssp.+pacificus Calflora: ''Juncus effusus'' subsp. ''pacificus'']</ref><ref>[https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=79529 Jepson: ''Juncus effusus'' subsp. ''pacificus'']</ref>
#''Juncus effusus'' subsp. ''pacificus'' <small>(Fernald & Wiegand) Piper & Beattie</small> — Alaska, [[British Columbia]], Washington, [[Idaho]], Oregon, California, Baja California.<ref name=zika/><ref>[http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_query.cgi?where-taxon=Juncus+effusus+ssp.+pacificus Calflora: ''Juncus effusus'' subsp. ''pacificus'']</ref><ref>[https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=79529 Jepson: ''Juncus effusus'' subsp. ''pacificus'']</ref>
#''Juncus effusus'' subsp. ''solutus'' <small>(Fernald & Wiegand) [[Leena Hämet-Ahti|Hämet-Ahti]]</small> — central and eastern United States.<ref>[http://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=JUEFS USDA:  ''Juncus effusus'' subsp. ''solutus'']</ref>
#''Juncus effusus'' subsp. ''solutus'' <small>(Fernald & Wiegand) [[Leena Hämet-Ahti|Hämet-Ahti]]</small> — central and eastern United States.<ref>[http://plants.usda.gov/plant-profile?symbol=JUEFS USDA:  ''Juncus effusus'' subsp. ''solutus'']</ref>


''Juncus  effusus'' can be differentiated from the rarer ''[[Juncus pylaei]]'' by the number of ridges on the stem. ''Juncus effusus'' has 30 to 40 ridges and ''J. pylaei'' has 10 to 20.<ref>{{cite journal|author1=Morton, J.K.  |author2=Venn, Joan. M.|year=2000|title=The Flora of Manitoulin Island|series=3rd|volume=edition|journal=University of Waterloo Biology Series N. 40.}}</ref>
''Juncus  effusus'' can be differentiated from the rarer ''[[Juncus pylaei]]'' by the number of ridges on the stem. ''Juncus effusus'' has 30 to 40 ridges and ''J. pylaei'' has 10 to 20.<ref>{{cite journal|author1=Morton, J.K.  |author2=Venn, Joan. M.|year=2000|title=The Flora of Manitoulin Island|series=3rd|volume=edition|journal=University of Waterloo Biology Series N. 40.}}</ref>

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Juncus effusus is a perennial herbaceous flowering plant species in the rush family Juncaceae, with the common names common rush or soft rush. In North America, the common name soft rush also refers to Juncus interior.

Distribution

Juncus effusus has a wide distribution, considered native in Europe, Asia, Africa, Madagascar, North America, and South America. It has naturalized in Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and various oceanic islands.[1]

It grows in wet areas, such as wetlands, riparian areas, and marshes with sandy and peaty substrates. It is common throughout the British Isles by rivers, streams and lakes, in wet heathland and pastures,[2] including purple moor-grass and rush pastures and fen-meadow plant associations.[3]

Description

Template:More citations needed Juncus effusus grows in large clumps up to about Template:Convert tall.[4]Template:Rp The stems are smooth cylinders with light pith filling. The yellowish inflorescence appears to emerge from one side of the stem about Template:Convert from the top. In fact the stem ends there; the top part is the bract, that continues with only a slight colour-band marking it from the stem. The lower leaves are reduced to a brown sheath at the bottom of the stem.

Subspecies

Five subspecies are currently recognized:[1]

  1. Juncus effusus subsp. austrocalifornicus Lint — endemic to California and Baja California.[5][6][7]
  2. Juncus effusus subsp. effusus — widespread
  3. Juncus effusus subsp. laxus (Robyns & Tournay) Snogerup — tropical Africa, Madagascar, Mauritius, Canary Islands, Madeira.
  4. Juncus effusus subsp. pacificus (Fernald & Wiegand) Piper & Beattie — Alaska, British Columbia, Washington, Idaho, Oregon, California, Baja California.[7][8][9]
  5. Juncus effusus subsp. solutus (Fernald & Wiegand) Hämet-Ahti — central and eastern United States.[10]

Juncus effusus can be differentiated from the rarer Juncus pylaei by the number of ridges on the stem. Juncus effusus has 30 to 40 ridges and J. pylaei has 10 to 20.[11]

Uses

Wildlife

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Pupal cases of Coleophora caespitiella on J. effusus.

The species provides wildfowl, wader feeding, and nesting habitats, and also habitats for small mammals. The rootstalks are eaten by muskrats, and birds take shelter amongst the plant's stems. A number of invertebrates feed on soft rush, including the rufous minor moth.[12]

Humans

Juncus effusus is one of the seven ingredients of hui sup tea (去濕茶).Script error: No such module "Unsubst". In Japan, this rush is called Template:Transliteration (藺草) and is grown to be woven into the covering of tatami mats (the filling is rice straw, extruded styrofoam, chip board, or some combination).[13] In Iran and Afghanistan too it is used to weave light cheap mats.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". It is called halfa (حلفا) and has medicinal uses too. In Europe, this rush was once used to make rushlights (by soaking the pith in grease), a cheap alternative to candles.

Cultivation

The species is cultivated as an ornamental plant, for planting in water gardens, native plant and wildlife gardens, and for larger designed natural landscaping and habitat restoration projects.

The cultivar Juncus effusus 'Spiralis' (syn. Juncus spiralis), with the common names corkscrew rush or spiral rush, is a distinctive potted and water garden plant due to its very curled spiral like foliage.[14]

Weed control

Juncus effusus can become a naturalized or invasive species, undesirable in rangelands for its unpalatability to livestock. Suggested methods of controlling rushes include: ploughing; high applications of inorganic fertilizer (can pollute watersheds); and topping to prevent seed formation.

Chemistry

Juncusol is a 9,10-dihydrophenanthrene found in J. effusus.[15][16] The plant also contains effusol[17] and dehydroeffusol.[18]

References

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External links

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  3. ↑ Conservation Land Management Magazine: "Cutting Rushes" article Template:Webarchive, Spring 2003, British Wildlife Publishing.
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  5. ↑ Calflora: Juncus effusus subsp. austrocalifornicus
  6. ↑ Jepson eFlora: Juncus effusus subsp. austrocalifornicus
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  8. ↑ Calflora: Juncus effusus subsp. pacificus
  9. ↑ Jepson: Juncus effusus subsp. pacificus
  10. ↑ USDA: Juncus effusus subsp. solutus
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