Juncus maritimus

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Juncus maritimus
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Juncaceae
Genus: Juncus
Species:
J. maritimus
Binomial name
Juncus maritimus

Juncus maritimus, known as the sea rush, is a species of rush that grows on coastlines. [1] It is sometimes considered conspecific with Juncus kraussii . [2] It has a wide distribution across the western Palearctic realm (all of Europe, western Asia and the Maghreb). [3] [4]

According to Edward Catich the ancient Egyptians used Juncus maritimus as a brush for writing. He describes the process of making one: “the end of which [the rush] was cut at a slant and its fibers split by chewing to produce a small chisel-shaped ‘brush‘.”. [5]

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References

  1. "USDA Plants Database".
  2. "FloraBase Name Currency Search: Juncus maritimus Lam". Archived from the original on 2013-07-11. Retrieved 2013-07-11.
  3. "Juncus maritimus Lam". Catalogue of Life . Retrieved 12 March 2021.
  4. Paul Adam Saltmarsh Ecology , p. 204, at Google Books
  5. Catich, Edward. The Origin of the Serif. p. 98. ISBN   0-9629740-1-3.