Question: Thank you for your response. The ligule is at most .5 mm, but is membranous. The photos are not great, …
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Thank you for your response. The ligule is at most .5 mm, but is membranous. The photos are not great, but the best I can do. I checked at the Connell Herbarium and none of the Juncus tenuis there had leaves and flowering stalks so narrow (< 0.5 mm). I greatly appreciate your assistance.
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Dear Apohaqui2810, There are a few other species in the Juncus tenuis complex that share morphological similarity with that species. Juncus anthelatus is a taller plant with short capsules and long internodes in the inflorescence (it too has long, scarious auricles like J. tenuis). Both J. dudleyi and J. dichotomous have short, firm auricles. The former is a species of high pH rivershore ledges and gravels (most of the time) with yellow, cartilaginous auricles. The latter is a plant of varied habitats with usually green or pale, membranceous auricles. Its leaves are 0.5-1 mm wide--this may well be the species you've collected. Best wishes.
