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Flat-leaved perennials:
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1 Juncus squarrosus |
stiff, channelled lvs, local heathland. |
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2 Juncus tenuis |
introduced, spreading, heathland, particularly well trodden
tracks. |
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3 Juncus compressus |
lowest bract exceeding inflorescence, tepals light brown, much
shorter than rounded/obtuse glossy capsule, very local, marshy
flushes. |
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4 Juncus gerardii |
lowest bract shorter than inflorescence, tepals dark brown, only
slightly shorter than subacute to obtuse, dull capsule, strictly
brackish coastal marshes. |
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5 Juncus trifidus
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mountains of Scotland & Shetland. |
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Flat-leaved
annuals:
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6 Juncus bufonius |
common, damp tracks and pond margins, pale green to brownish, inner tepal apices
pointed, equaling capsule.
Flowers
on both long and short shoots. |
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7 Juncus foliosus |
local in W and S Britain.
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8 Juncus
ambiguus |
very local, brackish marshes,
rather blueish
green,
inner tepal
apices rounded, exceeding capsule.
Flowers
near the ends of the shoots, |
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9 Juncus
planifolius
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introduced,
Galway. |
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10
Juncus
capitatus |
very local,
Cornwall & Channel Islands. |
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Rounded (terete), transverse-septate-leaved
perennials;
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11 Juncus subnodulosus |
straw coloured
tepals, tips blunt incurved, fens, rare in south east. |
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12 Juncus alpinoarticulatus |
dark brown tepals, inner rounded, outer subacute montane
marshes, northern only. |
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13
Juncus articulatus |
light brown tepals, inner and mucronate, inflorescence
branches straggly, common in south east,neutral to alkaline
marshy ground. |
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14
Juncus acutiflorus |
dark brown tepals, inner and outer acute with recurved points,
capsule tapering smoothly into acute beak, inflorescence
branches relatively compact, frequent in south east, acid
marshes.
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15
Juncus bulbosus |
inflorescence
usually proliferating, corm-like at base, local in wide range of
damp habitats
and
often submerged.
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16
Juncus pygmaeus |
damp heathland, confined to the Lizard, Cornwall. |
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Dwarf alpines:
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17
Juncus
biglumis |
local Scottish
mountains |
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18
Juncus
triglumis
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boggy sites in
mountains, Scotland, Wales and N England. |
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19
Juncus
castaneus
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boggy flushes in
mountains, Scotland. |
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Robust maritime perennials with cylindrical lvs:
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20 Juncus
maritimus
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common, saltmarshes. |
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21 Juncus
acutus
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local, drier
parts of saltmarshes. |
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Alien
maritime perennial:
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22
Juncus
subulatus
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introduced,
confined to Somerset. |
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Rhizomatous perennials with
reduced lvs. and cylindrical stem-like bracts:
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23
Juncus
balticus
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maritime dune
slacks, very local Scotland & Lancashire. |
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24
Juncus
filiformis
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local,
stony and silty lake margins, northern. |
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25 Juncus
inflexus
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common, damp
ground. |
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26
Juncus effusus |
common damp ground and pond margins. |
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27Juncus
conglomeratus
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common, damp
heathland. |
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28
Juncus
pallidus
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very rare,
sporadic, wool-alien. |
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