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|accepted_name=Juncus brachycephalus
|accepted_authority=(Engelmann) Buchenau
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Botanische Jahrbucher fur Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie
|place=12: 268. 1890
|year=1890
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Juncus canadensis var. brachycephalus
|authority=Engelmann
|rank=variety
|publication_title=Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis
|publication_place=2: 474. 1868
}}
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Juncaceae;Juncus;Juncus subg. Septati;Juncus brachycephalus
|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 brachycephalus]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 22
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> perennial, cespitose, 2–7 dm. <b>Culms</b> erect, 1–4 mm diam., smooth. <b>Cataphylls</b> 1–2, straw-colored to pink, apex acute. <b>Leaves</b>: basal 1–3, cauline 1–2; auricles 0.6–1.5 mm, apex rounded, scarious; blade terete to compressed, 0.2–12 cm × 0.5–2 mm. <b>Inflorescences</b> panicles of 5–80 heads, 5–25 cm, branches ascending; primary bract erect; heads 2–6-flowered, ellipsoid to obovoid, 2–5 mm diam. <b>Flowers</b>: tepals green to light brown, lanceolate; outer tepals 1.8–2.5 mm, apex obtuse to nearly acute; inner tepals 2–2.8 mm, apex obtuse to nearly acute; stamens 3 or 6, anthers 1/2 filament length. <b>Capsules</b> exserted, chestnut to dark brown, imperfectly 3-locular, obconic, 2.4–3.8 mm, apex acute proximal to beak, valves separating at dehiscence. <b>Seeds</b> ellipsoid to fusiform, 0.8–1.2 mm, tailed; body covered with whitish translucent veil. <b>2n</b> = 80.</span><!--

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|phenology=Fruiting summer–early fall.
|habitat=Calcareous marshes, wet meadows, and wetland shores
|elevation=100–200 m
|distribution=N.B.;N.S.;Ont.;Que.;Ala.;Colo.;Conn.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Maine;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;N.Dak.;Ohio;Okla.;;Pa.;Tenn.;Vt.;Va.;W.Va.;Wis.
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Juncus brachycephalus
|authority=(Engelmann) Buchenau
|rank=species
|parent rank=subgenus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Juncus canadensis var. brachycephalus
|family=Juncaceae
|phenology=Fruiting summer–early fall.
|habitat=Calcareous marshes, wet meadows, and wetland shores
|elevation=100–200 m
|distribution=N.B.;N.S.;Ont.;Que.;Ala.;Colo.;Conn.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Maine;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;N.Dak.;Ohio;Okla.;;Pa.;Tenn.;Vt.;Va.;W.Va.;Wis.
|reference=None
|publication title=Botanische Jahrbucher fur Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie
|publication year=1890
|special status=
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|genus=Juncus
|subgenus=Juncus subg. Septati
|species=Juncus brachycephalus
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