Lyons current status and potential spread of juncus acutus in western australia 26 greg j. Ecology and management of juncus effusus soft rush on cutaway peatlands bogfor research programme. Juncus acutus sharp rush, spiny rush, leopolds rush pfaf plant. Juncus acutus on the edge of the swan river estuary at point waylen. Evaluation of samaar morr juncus acutus plant as raw material for paper making essam s a eisayed. Soft rush juncus effusus soft rush was probably introduced to america from europe.
Mountain rush grows in a wide range of precipitation and temperature zones and requires a minimum of 90 frost free days for growth. Its clump of long, sharp, stiff leaves and tall, dark, flowering stalks are unmistakable features of the species. Juncaceae author links open overlay panel abdelsamed i. Juncus effusus is one of the most frequent and abundant plant species found growing on. There are no related plants for species juncus acutus. The atlas of florida plants provides a source of information for the distribution of plants within the state and taxonomic information.
The current distribution of juncus acutus and aspects of its occurrence in the sw agricultural zone 19 michael n. Hf and a free water surface fws cw, was presented as a promising ecotechnology for treatment of domestic wastewater containing eocs. This page was last edited on 17 august 2019, at 19. The beneficial effect of bioaugmentation with selected endophytic bacteria was more prominent in case of high contamination. Pdf benzocoumarins from the rhizomes of juncus acutus. Juncus abortivus annual rush juncus acuminatus tapertip rush juncus acutiflorus sharpflower rush juncus acutus spiny rush juncus albescens northern white rush. Soft rush grows in clumps, from short, thick rhizomes. The website also provides access to a database and images of herbarium specimens found at the university of south florida and other herbaria. Media in category juncus acutus the following 25 files are in this category, out of 25 total. Estimation organic matter digestibility, metabolisable. Spike rush, juncus acutus, may have formed a conspicuous band around the upper marsh of pre1900 wetlands, but only remnant populations are now found in southern california.
Juncus definition is a genus the type of the family juncaceae of chiefly marsh plants of temperate regions that are perennial tufted glabrous herbs with mostly terete or channeled leaves. Baouab, c and mohamed sadok roudesli a cellulose fibres from the juncus acutus l plant were isolated and characterized. Genuini genuini inflorescences appearing terminal, inflorescence bract erect or ascending, flat, involute or terete. In this study, the impact of different levels of pollution and bioaugmentation with indigenous strains individually or in consortia was investigated on the composition of the endophytic microbial communities of juncus acutus. However, competition by vegetation was not recognised as a problem across all the sites, and within.
Download the juncus key as a single document pdf 14 mb. Juncus acutus, the spiny rush, sharp rush or sharppointed rush, is a flowering plant in the. Pdf phenanthrenoids from the wetland juncus acutus. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Juncus rigidus is a species of rush known by the common name sea rush. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Download all juncus species factsheets as one document pdf 17. Ecology and management of juncus effusus soft rush on. Humid or subhumid temperate regions, principally in lowlying damp, low fertility areas parsons and cuthbertson 1992. Juncus article about juncus by the free dictionary. Juncus acutus stalks material used in this work was delivered by the egyptian. Nature picture library offers the best nature photographs and footage from the worlds finest photographers, to license for commercial and creative use. The species is hermaphrodite has both male and female organs and is pollinated.
Spiny rush juncus acutus nox vro agriculture victoria. A serious weed that should be eradicated before it becomes extensive and uncontrollable. There are too many species to mention, however spiny rush juncus acutus subsp. Outcomes protect the integrity of native riparian vegetation from the impacts of spiny rush.
Exploitation of endophytic bacteria to enhance the. Start your identification using the juncus key html. More than 500,000 images and video clips online, from tigers to turtles and elephants to sharks. It may be found throughout florida in fresh or saltwater marshes, swamps, shores, meadows, forests, ponds, or streams. In south australia spiny rush is scattered in areas near the coast. Nassar department of natural compounds chemistry, national research centre, dokki, 12622 cairo, egypt. Pdf analysis of genetic diversity and bioaccumulation potential of. Read benzocoumarins from the rhizomes of juncus acutus, tetrahedron on deepdyve, the largest online rental service for scholarly research with thousands of academic publications available at your fingertips.
This study investigated the potential of indigenous endophytic bacteria to improve the efficiency of the wetland helophyte juncus acutus to deal with a mixed pollution consisting of emerging organic contaminants eocs and metals. Juncus acutus, b juncus maritimus and c juncus effusus. It is native to much of africa and parts of western asia. Juncus effusus ufifas center for aquatic and invasive. This free workshop presented by the department of environment. The record derives from iopi data supplied on 20120323 which reports it as an accepted name record 315360 with original publication details. Any time of the year inflorescences can be observed on old parts of the plant, and one can therefore always find the glossy dark reddish brown fruits. It is found inland and by the sea in sandy saline habitats. The plants database includes the following 125 species of juncus.
Each plant profile in the database contains nomenclature info, botanical data, plant description, large, highresolution pictures, images and photos of the plants and its parts. Decoction, infusion and ethanolic extract of juncus acutus. Keighery biology of sharp rush, juncus acutus 38 kate brown and karen bettink control of sharp rush, juncus acutus 43. The record derives from iopi data supplied on 20120323 which reports it as an accepted name record 314275 with original publication details.
Spiny rush juncus acutus spiny rush is a rush that forms large longlived tussocks. We have made the fact sheets and identification key for new zealand rushes juncus available in a range of formats. Responses of the endophytic bacterial communities of. Separation and characterization of new cellulosic fibres. Click below on a thumbnail map or name for subspecies profiles. Department of agriculture agricultural research service. Surface functionalization of cellulose fibers extracted. Evaluation of samaar morr juncus acutus plant as raw. Excel download pdf download 1 800 2038590 or contact us people are starting to notice the attractive narrow, round, foliage and upright habit of juncus effusus and what it can add to the landscape. Juncus acutus online atlas of the british and irish flora. There are numerous seeds, often having whitish lobes. The isolation of cellulose fibers from juncus acutus l required the removal of the non cellulosic materials such as lignin, hemicelluloses and pectin.
This can be installed for free from the adobe website external link. Juncus acutus in the germplasm resources information network grin, u. The brownish or greenish flowers are bisexual and gathered in an inflorescence. Five treatments were examined and compared in where the wetland plant was.
Juncus acutus plants were collected from the souda bay chania, crete, greece, divided into plantlets of the same size approx. This is the profile for the plant juncus acutus sharppointed rush simar lixx. The plants database includes the following 1 subspecies of juncus acutus. Juncus rush, a genus of perennial and, less commonly, annual herbs of the family juncaceae. Average yearly precipitation extremes where mountain rush communities are found range from 7. The isolation of the fibres was performed by sequential naoh treatment and. These plants were collected at monastir in the east of tunisia during the period of marchapril.
Click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles. Plants and their associated bacteria play a crucial role in constructed wetlands. Pdf juncus acutus is one of main wetland plants, valuable in. Decoction, infusion and ethanolic extract of juncus acutus rhizome. It is commonly found as a weed of coastal flats, mine dumps and disturbed saline areas parsons and cuthbertson 1992. Altin3 1 department of molecular microbiology, public health laboratory, ministry of health, 55060 samsun, turkey. Its leaves and flower stems end in very sharp, hard points that can pierce the skin.
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