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§1 Plant

Juncus acuminatus Michx.

vernacular tapertip rush — species · Juncaceae


USDA
JUAC
GBIF
2701323
Rank
species
tapertip rush (Juncus acuminatus)
Platephotograph · celestabeeCC BY-NC source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Graminoid
Duration
Perennial
Group
Monocot
Family
Juncaceae Juss.
Genus
Juncus
§2a

Native status, by region

  • CAN Canada Native
  • HI Hawaii Introduced
  • L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b

County-level range

· 1,118 counties across 41 states/territories
Legend Native · 1116 Introduced · 2 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation specs · USDA

Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.

§3a

Tolerances

Drought
Low
Shade
Medium
Moisture use
High
Fire
High
Salinity
None
Anaerobic
High
CaCO₃
Medium
Hedging
None
§3b

Climate & soil

Cold tolerance
-33 °F minimum
Frost-free days
80 min.
Precipitation
16–55 in/yr
pH range
4.4–7.2
Root depth
12 in min.
Fertility need
Medium
Soil texture
coarse, medium, fine
§3c

Form & growth

Growth form
Bunch
Growth rate
Moderate
Lifespan
Moderate
Mature height
3 ft
Foliage texture
Medium
Foliage colour
Green
Porosity (summer)
Porous
Porosity (winter)
Porous
Flower colour
Purple
Fruit colour
Brown
Fire resistant
No
N fixation
None
Toxicity
None
§3d

Reproduction

Bloom period
Spring
Seed abundance
Medium
Seed begins
Summer
Seed ends
Summer
Spread rate
Slow
Stratify
No
Propagation
seed, bare root, sprigs
§3e

Use & availability

Commercial availability
Routinely Available
Nursery stock
No
Browse palatability
Low
Graze palatability
Low
Palatable, human
No
Protein potential
Low
Lumber
No
Christmas tree
No

§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 1,118 counties across 41 states/territories.

Alabama view state ↗ 25 N
Arizona view state ↗ 4 N
Arkansas view state ↗ 29 N
California view state ↗ 15 N
Colorado view state ↗ 1 N
Delaware view state ↗ 2 N
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N
Florida view state ↗ 12 N
Georgia view state ↗ 39 N
Hawaii view state ↗ 2 I
Idaho view state ↗ 4 N
Illinois view state ↗ 65 N
Indiana view state ↗ 50 N
Iowa view state ↗ 3 N
Kansas view state ↗ 21 N
Kentucky view state ↗ 66 N
Louisiana view state ↗ 57 N
Maine view state ↗ 9 N
Massachusetts view state ↗ 14 N
Michigan view state ↗ 32 N
Minnesota view state ↗ 1 N
Mississippi view state ↗ 8 N
Missouri view state ↗ 65 N
New Hampshire view state ↗ 6 N
New Jersey view state ↗ 19 N
New Mexico view state ↗ 1 N
New York view state ↗ 41 N
North Carolina view state ↗ 88 N
Ohio view state ↗ 42 N
Oklahoma view state ↗ 16 N
Oregon view state ↗ 18 N
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 61 N
Rhode Island view state ↗ 4 N
South Carolina view state ↗ 25 N
Tennessee view state ↗ 63 N
Texas view state ↗ 38 N
Vermont view state ↗ 5 N
Virginia view state ↗ 94 N
Washington view state ↗ 23 N
West Virginia view state ↗ 34 N
Wisconsin view state ↗ 15 N

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/JUAC ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/2701323 ↗

Record version

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