View source for Juncus dichotomus

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|accepted_name=Juncus dichotomus
|accepted_authority=Elliott
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sketch Bot. S. Carolina
|place=1: 406. 1817
|year=1817
}}
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|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Juncus dichotomus var. platyphyllus
|authority=Wiegand
|rank=variety
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Juncus tenuis var. dichotomus
|authority=(Elliott) A. W. Wood
|rank=variety
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Juncus tenuis var. platyphyllus
|authority=(Wiegand) Cory
|rank=variety
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Juncus platyphyllus
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|rank=species
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|hierarchy=Juncaceae;Juncus;Juncus subg. Poiophylli;Juncus dichotomus
|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. Poiophylli]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Juncus dichotomus]]</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, to 10 dm. <b>Rhizomes</b> densely branched to short- creeping. <b>Cataphylls</b> 1–3. <b>Leaves</b> basal, (1-)2-3; auricles 0.2-0.5(-0.6) mm, scarious to leathery; blade nearly terete, channeled or flat, 10-25(-40) cm × (0.5-)0.7-1(-1.2) mm, margins entire. <b>Inflorescences</b> terminal, (5–)10–85(–100)-flowered, congested to somewhat loose, (1-)2.5-10(-13) cm; primary bract usually exceeding inflorescence. <b>Flowers</b>: bracteoles 2; tepals green, lanceolate, (3-)3.3-4.5(-5.5) mm; outer and inner series nearly equal; stamens 6, filaments 0.6–1.2 mm, anthers 0.4-0.8(-1) mm; style 0.2 mm. <b>Capsules</b> tan to brown, 1-locular to pseudo-3-locular, ellipsoid to widely so, (2.5-)2.8-3.5(-4.5) × 1x 1.6-2.2 mm. <b>Seeds</b> brownish to amber, ellipsoid to lunate, 0.3-0.4 mm, not tailed. <b>2n</b> = ca. 80.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering and fruiting late spring–summer.
|habitat=Ditches, shores, clearings, and other typically open areas, usually in sandy, well-drained (but frequently wet) soil
|distribution=Ala.;Ark.;Colo.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Fla.;Ga.;Ky.;La.;Md.;Mass.;Miss.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.as;Va.;W.Va.;Mexico;Central America;South America.
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Juncus dichotomus
|authority=Elliott
|rank=species
|parent rank=subgenus
|synonyms=Juncus dichotomus var. platyphyllus;Juncus tenuis var. dichotomus;Juncus tenuis var. platyphyllus;Juncus platyphyllus
|basionyms=
|family=Juncaceae
|phenology=Flowering and fruiting late spring–summer.
|habitat=Ditches, shores, clearings, and other typically open areas, usually in sandy, well-drained (but frequently wet) soil
|distribution=Ala.;Ark.;Colo.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Fla.;Ga.;Ky.;La.;Md.;Mass.;Miss.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.as;Va.;W.Va.;Mexico;Central America;South America.
|reference=None
|publication title=Sketch Bot. S. Carolina
|publication year=1817
|special status=
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|genus=Juncus
|subgenus=Juncus subg. Poiophylli
|species=Juncus dichotomus
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