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Juncus squarrosus

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Details
Ethnobotanical Use
General Uses
Synonyms
Common Names
Subtypes (subspecies, varieties, subvarieties, forms)
Germination/Propagation
Distribution
Links to other databases
Genome
Scientific Literature
Phytochemical Profile
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Details Top

Internal ID UUID6440271ec0d47225365416
Scientific name Juncus squarrosus
Authority L.
First published in Sp. Pl. : 327 (1753)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Juncus ellmanii C.E.Hubb., Sandwith & Turrill Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1928: 153 (1928)
Juncus sprengelii Willd. Prod. Fl. Berl. 125.
Juncus squarrosus subsp. ellmanii (C.E.Hubb., Sandwith & Turrill) Maire & Weiller Fl. Afrique N. 4: 268. 1957 (1957)
Juncus squarrosus var. glomeratus Hartm. Handb. Skand. Fl. 140. 1820
Juncus squarrosus var. longibracteatus Zapal. Consp. Fl. Gallic. Crit. 1: 130. 1906
Juncus strictus Luce Topogr. Nachr. Oesel : 107 (1823)
Juncus squarrosus var. luxurians Lej. & Courtois Comp. Fl. Belg. 2: 25 (1831)

Common names Top

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Language Common/alternative name
English heath rush
English mosquito rush
Spanish juncus strictus
Spanish juncus sprengelii
Spanish juncus ellmanii
Arabic أسل محرشف
Belarusian Сітнік растапыраны
Catalan jonc raide
Czech sítina kostrbatá
Welsh brwynen droellgorun
German sparrige binse
German jonc raide
German sparrenbinse
Estonian nõmmluga
Finnish harjasvihvilä
French jonc rude
French brossière
French jonc raide
Upper Sorbian zwjazćikata syćina
Lithuanian jonc raide
Latvian skrajais donis
Norwegian Bokmål heisiv
Dutch trekrus
Polish sit sztywny
Russian Ситник растопыренный
stq oksenbrink
Swedish borsttåg
Swedish jonc raide
Ukrainian Ситник розчепірений

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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

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  • Australasia
    • Australia
      • Tasmania
    • New Zealand
      • New Zealand North
      • New Zealand South
  • Europe
    • Eastern Europe
      • Baltic States
      • Belarus
      • North European Russia
      • Northwest European Russia
      • Ukraine
    • Middle Europe
      • Austria
      • Belgium
      • Czechoslovakia
      • Germany
      • Netherlands
      • Poland
      • Switzerland
    • Northern Europe
      • Denmark
      • Finland
      • Great Britain
      • Iceland
      • Ireland
      • Norway
      • Svalbard
      • Sweden
    • Southeastern Europe
      • Italy
    • Southwestern Europe
      • France
      • Portugal
      • Spain
  • Northern America
    • North-central U.S.A.
      • Wisconsin
    • Subarctic America
      • Greenland

Links to other databases Top

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000777271
Canadensys 6303
USDA Plants JUSQ
Tropicos 16900071
INPN 104334
Flora of Italy 7094
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:443512-1
The Plant List kew-315820
Open Tree Of Life 473581
Observations.org 6926
NCBI Taxonomy 223678
NBN Atlas NBNSYS0000002210
Nature Serve 2.128196
IPNI 443512-1
iNaturalist 52633
GBIF 2701727
WisFlora 7379
EPPO IUNSQ
EOL 631108
Elurikkus 5298
USDA GRIN 444606
Wikipedia Juncus_squarrosus
Plantarium 21201

Genomes (via NCBI) Top

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Accession Assembly
Name Level Submitter Released Coverage Size
GCA_965214595.2 lpJunSqua1.hap1.2 Chromosome WELLCOME SANGER INSTITUTE 2025-10-14 204 303.74 Mb

Scientific Literature Top

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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
The most polyphagous insect herbivore? Host plant associations of the Meadow spittlebug, Philaenus spumarius (L.) Thompson V, Harkin C, Stewart AJ PLoS One 04-Oct-2023
PMCID:PMC10602594
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0291734
PMID:37792900
Scrub encroachment promotes biodiversity in temperate European wetlands under eutrophic conditions Brunbjerg AK, Fløjgaard C, Frøslev TG, Andersen DK, Bruun HH, Dalby L, Goldberg I, Lehmann LJ, Moeslund JE, Ejrnæs R Ecol Evol 01-Nov-2022
PMCID:PMC9627074
doi:10.1002/ece3.9445
PMID:36340817
Highest densities of mountain hares (Lepus timidus) associated with ecologically restored bog but not grouse moorland management Bedson CP, Wheeler PM, Reid N, Harris WE, Mallon D, Caporn S, Preziosi R Ecol Evol 31-Mar-2022
PMCID:PMC8968167
doi:10.1002/ece3.8744
PMID:35386872
Multiple environmental controls explain global patterns in soil animal communities Johnston AS, Sibly RM Oecologia 07-Apr-2020
PMCID:PMC7165188
doi:10.1007/s00442-020-04640-w
PMID:32266464
CRootBox: a structural–functional modelling framework for root systems Schnepf A, Leitner D, Landl M, Lobet G, Mai TH, Morandage S, Sheng C, Zörner M, Vanderborght J, Vereecken H Ann Bot 08-Feb-2018
PMCID:PMC5906965
doi:10.1093/aob/mcx221
PMID:29432520
Growth and physiological responses of creeping bentgrass (Agrostis stolonifera) to elevated carbon dioxide concentrations Burgess P, Huang B Hortic Res 30-Apr-2014
PMCID:PMC4596315
doi:10.1038/hortres.2014.21
PMID:26504537
Trace Metals in Upland Headwater Lakes in Ireland Burton A, Aherne J, Hassan N Ambio 23-Feb-2013
PMCID:PMC3758813
doi:10.1007/s13280-013-0381-y
PMID:23436112
Calcium in Plants WHITE PJ, BROADLEY MR Ann Bot 01-Oct-2003
PMCID:PMC4243668
doi:10.1093/aob/mcg164
PMID:12933363

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