Taxon: Juncus ensifolius Wikstr.

See also subordinate taxa:

• Juncus ensifolius var. ensifolius (1 accessions)
• Juncus ensifolius var. montanus (2 accessions)

Common names:

• sword-leaf rush   (Source: BSBI ) – English
  
• svärdtåg   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• View ethnobotanical data from Moerman's Native American Ethnobotany Database

Distributional range:

• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Russian Far East: Russian Federation - Kurile Islands
  Eastern Asia: Japan - Hokkaido, Honshu
• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  Subarctic America: United States - Alaska [s.]
  Eastern Canada: Canada - Ontario [n.e.], Quebec [n.w.]
  Western Canada: Canada - Alberta [s.], British Columbia [w. & s.], Saskatchewan [s.w.]
  North-Central U.S.A.: United States - North Dakota [s.w.], South Dakota [w.]
  Northwestern U.S.A.: United States - Colorado [w.], Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming
  South-Central U.S.A.: United States - Texas
  Southwestern U.S.A.: United States - Arizona, California, Nevada [w.], Utah
  Northern Mexico: Mexico - San Luis Potosi
  Southern Mexico: Mexico - Federal District, Guerrero, Mexico, Puebla, Veracruz

• AUSTRALASIA
  New Zealand: New Zealand
• EUROPE
  Northern Europe: Finland; Sweden; United Kingdom
  Middle Europe: Austria; Belgium; Germany; Netherlands
• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  United States [e.]
• PACIFIC
  North-Central Pacific: United States - Hawaii

References:

• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Allan, H. H. B. et al. 1961–. Flora of New Zealand.
• Balslev, H. 1996. Juncaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 68:137.
• Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
• FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America.
• Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada, ed. 2.
• Kharkevich, S. S., ed. 1985. Vascular plants of the Russian Far East.
• Kirschner, J. 2002. Juncaceae 2: Juncus subg. Juncus. In: Orchard, A. E., ed., Species Plantarum: Flora of the World. Canberra. 7:140.
• Ohwi, J. 1965. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.).
• Scoggan, H. J. 1978–1979. The flora of Canada, 4 vol.
• Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Juncus ensifolius.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Juncus ensifolius.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Juncus ensifolius.

Synonyms:

• Juncus saximontanus A. Nelson [≡ Juncus ensifolius var. montanus]
  
• Juncus tracyi Rydb. [= Juncus ensifolius var. montanus]
  
• Juncus xiphioides var. montanus Engelm. [≡ Juncus ensifolius var. montanus]
  (previously associated with 1 accession)

Check other web resources for Juncus ensifolius Wikstr.:

• Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
• Flora of North America: Collaborative Floristic Effort of North American Botanists
• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Images:

• GRIN Images of germplasm accessions.
• Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

More:

• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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