Juncus articulatus L.

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Taxonomy: Fam. Juncaceae// Genus: Juncus// Species: Juncus articulatus L.

Determined according to the botanical key provided in Flora Europaea Vol. 5 (Snogerup in Tutin et al., 1980) and Flora SR Srbije VIII (Nikolić in Josifović, 1976).

Lifeform: Perrenial; hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiær system.

Distribution: Native to the Temperate Northern Hemisphere – Eurasia to India and Vietnam; North Africa; North America to Northeast and Northwest Mexico accoring to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).

Habitat:  Found in wet and damp habitats.

Flowering period: Summer to early fall: JUL, AUG, SEP.

Juncus articulatus – habit . Osogovo, Ponikva, 03.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Juncus articulatus – flowering stems with inflorescence. Osogovo, Ponikva, 03.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Juncus articulatus – heads with flowers. Osogovo, Ponikva, 03.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Juncus articulatus – heads with flowers. Osogovo, Ponikva, 03.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Juncus articulatus – heads with capsules. Osogovo, Ponikva, 03.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Juncus articulatus – heads with flowers. Osogovo, Ponikva, 03.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Juncus articulatus – lower part of plant – stems with leaves. Osogovo, Ponikva, 03.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Juncus articulatus – habit. Osogovo, Ponikva, 27.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Juncus articulatus – flowering stems with inflorescence . Osogovo, Ponikva, 27.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Juncus articulatus – inflorescences. Osogovo, Ponikva, 27.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Juncus articulatus – heads with flowers . Osogovo, Ponikva, 27.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Juncus articulatus – heads with flowers . Osogovo, Ponikva, 27.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Juncus articulatus – heads with flowers . Osogovo, Ponikva, 27.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Juncus articulatus – heads with capsules . Osogovo, Ponikva, 27.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Juncus articulatus – heads with capsules . Osogovo, Ponikva, 27.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Juncus articulatus – lower part of plant – stems and leaves . Osogovo, Ponikva, 27.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Juncus articulatus – basal leaves. Scale in mm. Osogovo, Ponikva, 03.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Juncus articulatus – leaves. Scale in mm. Specimen from Osogovo, Ponikva, 03.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Juncus articulatus – unitubulose, seprate leaves. Scale in mm. Specimen from Osogovo, Ponikva, 03.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Juncus articulatus – seeds. Scale in mm. Specimen from Osogovo, Ponikva, 03.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Juncus articulatus – seeds. Scale in mm. Specimen from Osogovo, Ponikva, 03.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

References:

Juncus articulatus L. Plants of the World Online portal, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:442698-1  [Accessed 29.08.2022].

Juncus L. Snogerup, S. in Tutin, T.G., Heywood, V.H., Burges, N.A., Moore, D.M., Valentine, D.H., Walters, S.M. & Webb, D.A. (1980). Flora Europaea. Volume 5: Alismataceae to Orchidaceae (Monocotyledones). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 102- 111.

Rod Juncus L. Nikolić, B. in Josifović, M. (1976). Flora SR Srbije VIII. Srpska Akademija Nauka i Umetnosti, Beograd, pp. 117-138.

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