Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Juncus coriaceus
FAMILY
Juncaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Leathery Rush is much like the ubiquitous Soft Rush (J. effusus) in having the inflorescence appear to be lateral and well below the tip of the stem. However... Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Juncus coriaceus
FAMILY
Juncaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 040-01-003:
Juncus coriaceus
FAMILY
Juncaceae
COMMON NAME:
Leathery Rush
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_juse3_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm210603_0953
June Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm210603_0957
June Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
At least a few sheaths at base of plant with well developed blades, per Weakley's Flora (2020).
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_juncus_coriaceus_1
June Iredell County NC
A dense clump of erect green shoots, each round in cross-section, to 3' tall, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_juncus_coriaceus_2
June Iredell County NC
Inflorescence bract erect, as if culm continuation (infl. appearing lateral), per Weakley's Flora.
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_juncus_coriaceus_8520
July Iredell County NC
Inflorescence sparsely branched, to 1.6" long, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_juncuscoriaceus_8520b
July Iredell County NC
Fruits are roundish and shiny brown, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Juncus coriaceus
FAMILY
Juncaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Juncus coriaceus
FAMILY
Juncaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 040-01-003:
Juncus coriaceus
FAMILY
Juncaceae
2255
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common (rare in Mountains)
Look for it in stream and pond margins, swamps, flatwoods, depressions, roadside ditches, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Tepals dark green
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
6 tepals in two whorls of 3
Superior ovary
Inflorescence appears lateral, its erect bract resembling a continuation of culm
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Glossy brown
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses p230
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p344
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p396