Drummond's rush facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Drummond's rush |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Juncaceae |
| Genus: | Juncus |
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J. drummondii
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| Juncus drummondii E.Mey.
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Juncus drummondii, also known as Drummond's rush, is a type of plant that belongs to the rush family. Rushes are grass-like plants that often grow in wet places. This particular rush is found in western North America, from the cold northern parts of Canada and Alaska all the way down to New Mexico.
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Where Does Drummond's Rush Grow?
Drummond's rush loves wet places! You can find it growing in damp coniferous forests, which are forests with cone-bearing trees like pines and spruces. It also thrives in alpine meadows and on mountain slopes. These are high-altitude areas that can be quite chilly and often have lots of moisture from melting snow.
What Does Drummond's Rush Look Like?
This plant is a perennial herb, meaning it lives for more than two years and doesn't have a woody stem like a tree. It grows in narrow, upright clumps that can reach about 40 centimeters (about 16 inches) tall.
Stems and Leaves
The stems of Drummond's rush are quite straight. The leaves grow from the base of the plant. Most of these leaves don't have a flat blade like typical leaves. Instead, they form a sheath, or a tube-like covering, around the stem for a few centimeters.
Flowers and Fruit
The flowers of Drummond's rush grow near the top of the stem, on the side. There's a long, tube-shaped leaf-like part called a bract at the base of the flowers. This bract sticks out past the flowers themselves.
Each tiny flower sits on a thin stalk called a pedicel. The flower parts, called tepals, are thick and dark brown. Sometimes, they have green stripes and thin, see-through edges. Inside the flower, there are six stamens, which are the parts that produce pollen. These stamens have yellowish tips called anthers. The plant also has red stigmas, which are the parts that receive pollen. After the flower is pollinated, it produces a fruit that is a small capsule.
See also
In Spanish: Juncus drummondii para niños
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