View source for Juncus stygius var. americanus

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|accepted_name=Juncus stygius var. americanus
|accepted_authority=Buchenau
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Botanische Jahrbucher fur Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie
|place=12: 393. 1890
|year=1890
}}
|common_names=American moor rush
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Juncus stygius subsp. americanus
|authority=(Buchenau) Hultén
|rank=subspecies
}}
|hierarchy=Juncaceae;Juncus;Juncus subg. Alpini;Juncus stygius;Juncus stygius var. americanus
|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. Alpini]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Juncus stygius]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>variety</small>[[Juncus stygius var. americanus]]</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, loosely cespitose, 2–4 dm. <b>Rhizomes</b> short, sparingly branched. <b>Cataphylls</b> 0–1. <b>Leaves</b>: basal 1–3, cauline 1–2; auricles rounded, scarcely prolonged, scarious; blade imperfectly septate (often inconspicuous), ascending, terete to slightly flattened, 8–18 cm × 0.5–1 mm, much reduced distally. <b>Inflorescences</b> glomerules, 1–3, each with 1–3 flowers; peduncles 0.2–1 cm, primary bracts nearly equal to or slightly surpassing glomerules. <b>Flowers</b>: bracteoles absent; tepals pale to reddish brown, lanceolate to lanceolate-ovate, 4–5 mm × 1 mm, apex acutish; outer and inner series nearly equal; stamens 6, filaments 2.5–3.5 mm, anthers 0.4–0.5 mm; style 1–1.2 mm. <b>Capsules</b> greenish to tan, pseudo-3-locular, ellipsoid, 5.5–9 × 1.8–2.6 mm. <b>Seeds</b> pale yellow, fusiform, body 0.8–1.1 mm, tails 1–1.4 mm.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering and fruiting mid-- to late summer.
|habitat=Wet moss, bogs, and bog-pools
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;N.B.;Nfld. and Labr.;Man.;N.S.;N.W.T.;Nunavut;Ont.;P.E.I.;Que.;Sask.;Yukon;Alaska;Maine;Mich.;Minn.;N.Y.;e Asia.Eurasia.
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name=Juncus stygius var. americanus
|authority=Buchenau
|rank=variety
|parent rank=species
|synonyms=Juncus stygius subsp. americanus
|basionyms=
|family=Juncaceae
|phenology=Flowering and fruiting mid-- to late summer.
|habitat=Wet moss, bogs, and bog-pools
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;N.B.;Nfld. and Labr.;Man.;N.S.;N.W.T.;Nunavut;Ont.;P.E.I.;Que.;Sask.;Yukon;Alaska;Maine;Mich.;Minn.;N.Y.;e Asia.Eurasia.
|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. Alpini
|species=Juncus stygius
|variety=Juncus stygius var. americanus
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