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JUNG ACE AE (RUSH FAMILY) 



barbed for most of their length but smooth near the base, equal 

 to or exceeding the achene in length, the latter being oblong, 

 pointed, three-sided, dull brownish yellow. (Fig. 38.) 



Means of control 



Drainage of the land, followed by a cultivated crop given very 

 thorough tillage throughout the growing season, in order to prevent 

 seed development and to destroy the perennial roots. 



SLENDER RUSH 

 Juncus tennis, Willd. ' 



Other English names: Wire-grass, Field Rush, Yard Rush. 



Native. Perennial. Propagates by 



Time of bloom: June to August. 

 Seed-time: July to September. 

 Range: Throughout North America 



and most parts of the world. 

 Habitat: Lawns, yards, meadows, 



and pastures. 



One usually thinks of marshy, or at 

 least damp, ground in connection 

 with rushes, but the Slender Rush is 

 common everywhere and seems 

 equally content whether the ground 

 be wet or dry. (Fig. 39.) 



Stems thickly tufted, eight inches 

 to two feet tall, extremely thin, round, 

 green, wiry, and so elastic that they 

 are always erect, no matter how 

 much trodden upon by the grazing 

 animals, which refuse to eat them. 

 They have a few grassy base leaves 

 which dry and wither away as the 

 wiry, flowering stems develop. Flowers 

 in irregular clusters between two 

 FIG. 39. Slender Rush (Jun- lon g flattened, blade-like leaves at 

 CMS tennis), x 5. the top of the stem ; they have six 



