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Common name: Bighead rush<ref name= "USDA Plant Database"/>, large-headed rush<ref name= "Weakley 2015"/>
 
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| name = Juncus megacephalus
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| divisio = Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
 
| divisio = Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
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| genus = ''Juncus''
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| species = '''''J. megacephalus'''''
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| binomial_authority = M.A. Curtis
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| range_map_caption = Natural range of ''Juncus megacephalus'' from USDA NRCS [https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=JUME Plants Database].
 
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==Taxonomic Notes==
 
==Taxonomic Notes==
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Synonyms: none.<ref name="weakley">Weakley, A.S. 2015. Flora of the southern and mid-atlantic states. Working Draft of 21 May 2015. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.</ref>
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Varieties: none.<ref name="weakley">Weakley, A.S. 2015. Flora of the southern and mid-atlantic states. Working Draft of 21 May 2015. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.</ref>
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==Description==  
 
==Description==  
 
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''J. megacephalus'' is a perennial graminoid of the ''Juncaceae'' family native to North America.<ref name= "USDA Plant Database"> USDA Plant Database [https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=JUME https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=JUME] </ref>
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==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
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''J. megacephalus'' is found along the southeastern coast of the United States from Texas to Maryland.<ref name= "USDA Plant Database"/>
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==Ecology==
 
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''J. megacephalus'' is found in brackish and freshwater marshes, bogs, wet prairies, interdune swales, ditches, and other wet open places.<ref name= "Weakley 2015"> Weakley, A. S. (2015). Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States. Chapel Hill, NC, University of North Carolina Herbarium. </ref> Specimens have been collected from recently burned witchgrass slough and tidal marsh of a river.<ref name = "FSU herbarium"> URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: June 2018. Collectors: R.A. Norris, R.K. Godfrey, Cecil Slaughter, Dianne Hall, Kim Ponzio, Loran C. Anderson. States and counties: Florida (Wakulla, Jefferson, Brevard)</ref>
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''J. megacephalus'' is not fire resistant, but has high fire tolerance.<ref name= "USDA Plant Database"/>
 
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==Conservation and Management==
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==Conservation, cultivation, and restoration==
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''J. megacephalus'' is listed as endangered/extirpated by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources Natural Heritage Program.<ref name= "USDA Plant Database"/>
  
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==References and notes==
 
==References and notes==

Latest revision as of 13:13, 14 July 2022

Common name: Bighead rush[1], large-headed rush[2]

Juncus megacephalus
Juncus megacephalus BM.jpg
Photo by John B
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Liliopsida - Moncots
Order: Juncales
Family: Juncaceae
Genus: Juncus
Species: J. megacephalus
Binomial name
Juncus megacephalus
M.A. Curtis
JUNC MEGA DIST.JPG
Natural range of Juncus megacephalus from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Taxonomic Notes

Synonyms: none.[3]

Varieties: none.[3]

Description

J. megacephalus is a perennial graminoid of the Juncaceae family native to North America.[1]

Distribution

J. megacephalus is found along the southeastern coast of the United States from Texas to Maryland.[1]

Ecology

Habitat

J. megacephalus is found in brackish and freshwater marshes, bogs, wet prairies, interdune swales, ditches, and other wet open places.[2] Specimens have been collected from recently burned witchgrass slough and tidal marsh of a river.[4]

Phenology

This plant blooms June through August.[3]

Fire ecology

J. megacephalus is not fire resistant, but has high fire tolerance.[1]

Conservation, cultivation, and restoration

J. megacephalus is listed as endangered/extirpated by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources Natural Heritage Program.[1]

Cultural use

Photo Gallery

References and notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 USDA Plant Database https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=JUME
  2. 2.0 2.1 Weakley, A. S. (2015). Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States. Chapel Hill, NC, University of North Carolina Herbarium.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Weakley, A.S. 2015. Flora of the southern and mid-atlantic states. Working Draft of 21 May 2015. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
  4. URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: June 2018. Collectors: R.A. Norris, R.K. Godfrey, Cecil Slaughter, Dianne Hall, Kim Ponzio, Loran C. Anderson. States and counties: Florida (Wakulla, Jefferson, Brevard)