Meaning of softstem rush | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A plant of the species Juncus effusus, a type of true rush found worldwide.
2. A plant of the species Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani, a type of bulrush or sedge native to the northern hemisphere.

Examples

“Toe cover that develops is usually broad-leaved cattail, softstem rush (Juncus effusus), wool-grass (Scirpus eriophorum), switch-cane (Arundinaria tecta) and plume-grass (Erianthus spp.).”

“[…] it is relatively common in recent clearcuts and stands of Cane (Arundinaria gigantea) and Softstem Rush (Juncus effusus) but relatively uncommon in mature pine and hardwood forests.”

“For the large rectangular mat, the bulrush or rush, as Scirpus validus Vahl., is concurred in by Densmore (1928, pp. 293, 295, 378), Gilmore (1933, p. 124), Kinietz and Jones (1942, p. 525), and Smith (1932, p. 418). In contrast to this soft-stem rush, the hard-stem variety, Scirpus acutus Muhl., was found for the mat in this study.”

“Spike rush [Eleocharis palustris) and soft-stem bulrush [Scirpus validus] were destroyed by flood with over 15 inches of water in 3 years”

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