Juncus dudleyi

Dudley's rush

Family: Juncaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Conservation status: CNPS 2B.3

Dudley's rush is a native perennial herb found in the Klamath Ranges, northern Sierra Nevada High, and Modoc Plateau in wet areas of montane conifer forest at elevations below 2,000 meters. Flowering in the summer months, this rush produces small, inconspicuous greenish-brown flowers with lanceolate perianth segments spreading in fruit. Growing in dense tufts 20 to 84 centimeters tall, it forms clustered clumps with stiff, slender stems. Its basal leaves are narrow, approximately 1 to 1.3 millimeters wide, with inrolled margins and distinctive scarious leaf sheaths featuring tiny, glossy yellow appendages. The fruit is widely ovoid and shorter than the perianth, with a single incomplete chamber containing small oblong seeds.

Habitat: Wet areas in montane conifer forest

Elevation: < 2000 m

Bioregions: KR, n SNH, MP (exc Wrn)

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