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|accepted_name=Juncus brachycarpus
|accepted_authority=Engelmann in A. Gray
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=in A. Gray,Manual of Botany of the Northern United States (ed. 5)
|place=542. 1867
|year=1867
}}
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|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Juncaceae;Juncus;Juncus subg. Septati;Juncus brachycarpus
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Juncaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Juncus]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subgenus</small>[[Juncus subg. Septati]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Juncus brachycarpus]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 22
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> perennial, not cespitose, rhizomatous, (3–)4.5–8(–9) dm. <b>Rhizomes</b> tuberous, 3–4 mm diam. <b>Culms</b> erect, terete, 2–3 mm diam., smooth. <b>Cataphylls</b> 0(–1), straw-colored, apex acute. <b>Leaves</b>: basal 1–2, cauline 2–4, auricles 0.5–3.5 mm, apex rounded, scarious; blade green to straw-colored, terete, 3–50 cm × 1–2 mm diam. <b>Inflorescences</b> terminal panicles of 2–10(–20) heads or a single head, 1–4(–10) cm, branches ascending; primary bract erect; heads 30–100-flowered, spheric, 8–10 mm diam. <b>Flowers</b>: tepals green to straw-colored, often red-tinted, lanceolate-subulate, apex acuminate; outer tepals 2.5–3.8 mm; inner tepals 2–3.2 mm; stamens 3, anthers 1/4–1/2 filament length. <b>Capsules</b> included, chestnut brown, 1-locular, obconic or ovoid, 1.8–2.7 mm, apex obtuse, valves separating at dehiscence, fertile throughout or only proximal to middle. <b>Seeds</b> ellipsoid to oblique-oblong, 0.3–0.4 mm, not tailed; cody clear to yellow-brown. <b>2n</b> = 44.</span><!--

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|phenology=Fruiting mid summer–fall.
|habitat=Damp clayey, peaty, or sandy soils, swamps, ditches, ponds, wet woods, wet prairies
|elevation=0–500 m
|distribution=Ont.;Ala.;Ark.;Conn.;Del.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Miss.;Mo.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Okla.;Pa.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Va.;W.Va.
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name=Juncus brachycarpus
|author=
|authority=Engelmann in A. Gray
|rank=species
|parent rank=subgenus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Juncaceae
|phenology=Fruiting mid summer–fall.
|habitat=Damp clayey, peaty, or sandy soils, swamps, ditches, ponds, wet woods, wet prairies
|elevation=0–500 m
|distribution=Ont.;Ala.;Ark.;Conn.;Del.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Miss.;Mo.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Okla.;Pa.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Va.;W.Va.
|reference=None
|publication title=in A. Gray,Manual of Botany of the Northern United States (ed. 5)
|publication year=1867
|special status=
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|genus=Juncus
|subgenus=Juncus subg. Septati
|species=Juncus brachycarpus
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