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Juncus acutus L. (Sharp Rush)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos #macrophotos
Juncus acutus Plant 21 July 2002 Dorset England 5 13
Juncus acutus Plant 5 September 1978 North Devon England 1

Suggested Literature

Juncus acutus may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
PLANTAE
(plants)
SPERMATOPHYTA
(vascular plants)
MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
LILIIDAE
(monocotyledonous flowering plants)
JUNCACEAE
(rushes and wood-rushes)
Juncus
(rushes)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Juncus acutus:

(live) live is parasitised by telium Puccinia cancellata - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
(live) live is parasitised by uredium Puccinia cancellata - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Questionable Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (base) (live) live stem (base) is parasitised by inconspicuous sorus Urocystis junci - a smut fungus (Urocystales: Urocystaceae) UK/Ireland Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997

Juncus acutus may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
LILIIDAE
(monocotyledonous flowering plants)
JUNCACEAE
(rushes and wood-rushes)
Juncus
(rushes)

References

Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota

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