Juncus nevadensis

Sierra rush

Family: Juncaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Sierra rush is a California native perennial found in mountain regions of the Sierra Nevada in meadows, seeps, and wet mountain habitats at elevations between 1,500 to 3,000 meters. Flowering from June to August, this rush produces small brownish flowers in compact clusters with dark to mid-brown perianth parts. Growing with slender stems 10 to 50 centimeters tall, it spreads through an elongate, creeping rhizome and forms dense clumps. Its narrow leaves are cylindric or slightly flattened, typically less than 2 millimeters wide, with green or bluish-green coloration and complete crosswalls. The fruit is a shiny brown oblong structure with an abruptly beaked tip, containing tiny brown seeds approximately 0.4 to 0.6 millimeters long.

California counties: Fresno, San Bernardino, Inyo, Lassen, Madera, Mariposa, Modoc, Mono, Nevada, Plumas, Shasta, Siskiyou, Tulare, Tuolumne, Alpine, Amador, Butte, Calaveras, El Dorado, Placer, Sierra, Tehama, Trinity, Kern, Los Angeles, San Diego, Contra Costa, Sonoma, San Mateo

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