Juncus tenuis

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Family:JUNCACEAE
Species:Juncus tenuis Willd.
Common Name:Path Rush; Yard Rush; Poverty Rush
Habitat:**
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:Perennial
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:JUTE
Plant Notes:**
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Native, FAC (NWI)
References:**
Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

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Classification

FamilyJUNCACEAE - Rush family
Genus Juncus
Species Juncus tenuis Willd. - Path Rush; Yard Rush; Poverty Rush

Citation

Citation Juncus tenuis Willdenow, Sp. Pl. 2(1): 214. 1799.
Basionym: **
Type: North America, without data (lectotype: B-W; isolectotypes: B-W 3 shts, HBG, NY fragm). Lectotypified by Balslev, Fl. Neotrop. 68: 79. 1996.

** Not applicable or data not available.

Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Juncus bicornis Juncus bicornis Michaux, Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 191. 1803, nom. illegit.Juncus tenuis Willdenow 1799. 
Juncus bicornis var. williamsii Juncus bicornis Michaux, var. williamsii (Fernald) Victorin, Contr. Lab. Bot. Univ. Montreal 14: 32. 1929.Juncus tenuis Willdenow, var. williamsii Fernald 1901. 
Juncus chloroticus Juncus chloroticus Schultes & Schultes f., in Roemer & Schultes, Syst. Veg. 7: 240. 1829.  
Juncus germanorum Juncus germanorum Steudel, Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 305. 1855.  
Juncus gesneri Juncus gesneri Smith, Engl. Fl. 2: 167. 1824, nom. illegit.Juncus macer S. Gray 1821; Juncus gracilis Smith Jun 1810- Jan 1811, non Roth 1788, nec R. Brown Apr 1810. 
Juncus gracilis Juncus gracilis Smith, Engl. Bot. 31: pl. 2174. Jun 1810-Jan 1811, non Roth 1788, nec R. Brown Apr 1810. SCOTLAND: Angusshire,
Juncus involucratus Juncus involucratus T. Kirk, Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 9: 550. 1877, non Steudel 1857.  
Juncus leptocladus Juncus leptocladus Hayata, Icon. Pl. Form. 6: 100. 1916. TAIWAN
Juncus lucidus Juncus lucidus Hochstetter ex Seubert, Fl. Azor. 24, t. 4(1). 1840.  
Juncus macer Juncus macer Gray, Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 164. 1821.Juncus gracilis Smith Jun 1810-Jan 1811, non Roth 1788, nec R. Brown Apr 1810. 
Juncus macer var. anthelatus Juncus macer Gray, var. anthelatus (Wiegand) Fernald, J. Bot. 68: 367. 1930.Juncus tenuis Willdenow, var. anthelatus Wiegand 1900. 
Juncus macer var. williamsii Juncus macer S. Gray, var. williamsii (Fernald) Fernald, J. Bot. 68: 367. 1930.Juncus tenuis Willdenow, var. williamsii Fernald 1901. 
Juncus smithii Juncus smithii Kunth, Enum. Pl. 3: 349. 1841, nom. illegit.Juncus macer S. Gray 1821; Juncus gracilis Smith Jun 1810- Jan 1811, non Roth 1788, nec R. Brown Apr 1810. 
Juncus tenuis var. anthelatus Juncus tenuis Willdenow, var. anthelatus Wiegand, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 27: 523. 1900.  
Juncus tenuis var. bicornis Juncus tenuis Willdenow, var. bicornis E. Meyer, Linnaea 3: 371. 1828, nom. inadmiss.Juncus bicornis Michaux 1803; Juncus tenuis Willdenow 1799. 
Juncus tenuis var. communis Juncus tenuis Willdenow, var. communis Engelmann, Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 2: 435. 1866, nom. inadmiss.Juncus tenuis Willdenow 1799. 
Juncus tenuis var. multicornis Juncus tenuis Willdenow, var. multicornis E. Meyer, Linnaea 3: 371. 1828.  
Juncus tristanianus Juncus tristanianus Hemsley, Rep. Challenger, Bot. 1(2): 154. 1884.  
Juncus vacillans Juncus vacillans Steudel, Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 305. 1855.  
Juncus tenuis var. williamsii Juncus tenuis Willdenow, var. williamsii Fernald, Rhodora 3: 60, t. 23. 1901. MAINE/MASSACHUSETTS:

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Baldwin, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Butler, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Chilton, Choctaw, Clay, Cleburne, Conecuh, Coosa, Covington, Crenshaw, Cullman, Dallas, Elmore, Escambia, Etowah, Fayette, Franklin, Greene, Hale, Houston, Jackson, Jefferson, Lamar, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Lee, Limestone, Macon, Madison, Marengo, Marion, Marshall, Mobile, Monroe, Montgomery, Morgan, Perry, Pike, Randolph, Russell, Shelby, St. Clair, Sumter, Talladega, Tallapoosa, Tuscaloosa, Washington, Wilcox, Winston

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AMAL, AUA, JSU, NY, SAMF, TROY, UNA, USAM, UWAL, UWFP

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1948 - 2023

Barcode / Accession No.
County
Coll. Date
Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
Image
UNA00004728 Baldwin 27 Mar 1948 Lueth, Francis X.
L111		 UNA
Juncus tenuis Willd.
UNA00004728 Baldwin 27 Mar 1948 Lueth, Francis X.
L111		 UNA
Juncus tenuis Willd.
USAM000007603 Baldwin 28 Mar 1980 Lott, Bob
4		 USAM
Juncus tenuis Willdenow
UWAL0043253 Baldwin 18 Mar 2000 Larsen, Harry S.
533		 UWAL
Juncus tenuis Willd.
AUA000027060 Baldwin 13 Aug 2008 BARGER, T.WAYNE
PERD-448		 AUA
JUNCUS TENUIS WILLD.
TROY000035667 Barbour 25 May 2012 Minton, Eric W.
12		 TROY
Juncus tenuis Willdenow
UNA00000586 Bibb 25 Apr 1995 Birk, Michelle
184		 UNA
Juncus tenuis Willd.
UWAL0057224 Bibb 19 May 2019 Keener, Brian R.
11215		 UWAL
Juncus tenuis Willdenow
UWAL0056908 Bibb 05 Jun 2019 Keener, Brian R.
11291		 UWAL
Juncus tenuis Willdenow
UNA00058427 Blount 24 May 1998 Keener, Brian R.
839		 UNA
Juncus tenuis Willd.
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