#juncaceae

[barrenriverwide]

are you really studying botany if graminoid id hasn't caused you psychic damage

[brittanyeburgard]

…I’ve been thinking of these as bird shit sedges… But I’m pretty sure they’re rushes now that I’ve had a closer look. Don’t tell my old Plant Tax professor that I struggled with that! #birdshit #natureisbeautiful #Juncaceae #bestguess #Panama #travel #jungle #botany #plants #nature #naturephotography (at Experience Mamoni)

[natureinsight]

Luzula pilosa, kevätpiippo

[konstapelnn]

Borsttåg (Juncus squarrosus)

Familj: Juncaceae, tågväxter

Borsttåg är en flerårig tågväxt som blommar i juni–juli. Arten kännetecknas av en toppställd blomställning på en styv, bladlös och 2–5 dm hög stjälk.  Blomman har trubbiga, bruna kalkblad, och utvecklar en glänsande gulbrun och relativt stor (ca 5 mm lång) fruktkapsel. Borsttåg karaktäriseras av sina utspärrade, styva, trådlika och rännformiga blad som sitter samlade vid stråbasen i täta, hårt packade tuvor. Tuvor uppträder ofta tillsammans i större bestånd, som kan omfatta en yta om en eller flera kvadratmeter. Det tuvade växtsättet och de styva bladen gör att borsttåg i blom knappast kan förväxlas med någon annan svensk art. I blomställningen finns ofta vita pupprester efter olika säckmalar Coleophora spp (Artdatabanken 2024).

[drhoz]

#2314 - Luzula sp - Woodrush

Growing among at least three different species of moss, high on Ruapehu. Probably L. banksiana but that's not the only Luzula known from Mt. Ruapehu.

A cosmopolitan genus of rush, most common in temperate areas, the temperate regions, the Arctic, and alpine areas in the tropics.

It's not certain where the generic name came from - possibilities include the Italian lucciola ("to shine, sparkle") or the Latin luzulae or luxulae, from lux ("light"), apparently because they with dew. but other definitions of lucciola include 'a mid-summer field', or 'a small place'.

Mt. Ruapehu, North Island Volcanic Plateau, New Zealand

[anamateurnaturalist]

A couple of sedges I took out of the plant press yesterday. I haven't identified them yet but I have material in the freezer. I'm avoiding them a little because it took me forever to get an id on the first one.

I'm really pleased how they turned out. The whole reason I wanted to do full herbarium specimens is because the truly works of art. In my plant id class we created smaller specimens by taping plants or part of plants to index cards, and the professor had told us we could create a collection that way and it certainly would've been easier but this is much more satisfying to me.

Bonus: my work table while identifying

[miguelgarciabh]

Top 11 In the lagoon¡¡ #lagoon #juncaceae #monocotiledonea #juncus #ontime #autumnvibes🍁 #colddays #blackandwhite #photo #monochromatic (en San Luis Potosí City) https://www.instagram.com/p/B6wnxHHJy2V/?igshid=1pqu1vv44yz53

[botanizing]

Rushes are round, sedges have edges, grasses, like asses, have holes.

a handy rhyme to help you identify the graminoid Poales