Round-fruited Rush - Juncus compressus

Description

A tufted plant with short creeping rhizomes. The leaves are narrow, flat and grass-like., and the lowest bract is usually longer than the inflorescence.  The outer tepals are blunt or rounded, not pointed. Compact, rather rounded heads of brown seeds.  

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Habitat

Found in marshes, wet meadows and pastures, often near the sea and sometimes in brackish conditions.

When to see it

Flowers June and July.

Life History

Perennial.

UK Status

Widespread but local in England.

VC55 Status

Local and scattered in Leicestershire and Rutland. In the Flora of Leicestershire (Primavesi & Evans, 1988) it was found in 15 of the 617 tetrads, and was present in 6 tetrads in the Flora of Rutland (Messenger, 1971).

In the VC55 Checklist (Jeeves 2011) it is listed as Native; axiophyte; now nearly scarce 

It is on the current VC55 Rare Plant Register (Hall and Woodward, 2022) as Near Scarce (included because it is threatened nationally)

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Species profile

Common names
Round-fruited Rush
Species group:
Grasses, Rushes & Sedges
Kingdom:
Plantae
Order:
Poales
Family:
Juncaceae
Records on NatureSpot:
6
First record:
01/01/1988 (Unknown)
Last record:
14/07/2018 (Gould, David)

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