Juncus subnodulosus, the blunt-flowered rush, is a species of rush. It natively occurs from the Mediterranean region across temperate Europe, but it does not range far into Scandinavia. Introduced populations exist in New Zealand and North America.
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| Stand in January, Vilhelmsborg (Eastern Jutland, Denmark) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Juncaceae |
| Genus: | Juncus |
| Species: | J. subnodulosus
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| Binomial name | |
| Juncus subnodulosus | |
| Synonyms | |
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Juncus obtusiflorus Ehrh. ex Hoffm. | |
This species is an important associate within the anthropogenic Juncus subnodulosus-Cirsium palustre fen-meadow ecosystem, an important habitat type of Western Europe. J. subnodulosus is particularly prevalent within the disturbed ridges of this type of fen-meadow.[1]
Footnotes
edit- ^ Perring et al. (1964), Hogan (2009)
References
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- Perring, Franklyn; Sell, Peter D.; Walters, Stuart M.; Whitehouse, Harold L.K. (1964): A flora of Cambridgeshire. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
- Hogan, C. Michael (2009): Marsh Thistle: Cirsium palustre at GlobalTwitcher.com, ed. N. Strömberg
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