Juncus oxycarpus

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Family Juncaceae

Taxonomy: Juncus oxycarpus E.Mey. ex Kunth

Synonyms: none listed in the APC 2026-07-30

Distribution (APC): WA (naturalised), Vic (naturalised)

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, Vic Flora, Florabase, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (12), Sjostrom_2006 (3), WAH_2022_2 (4), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 15 traits from 28 records in 7 datasets.

Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 3.5 mm (3-4 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): capsule (2) [sources: RBGV_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (2) [sources: RBGV_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_colour (categorical): brown (1); red (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_width (numerical): 1.75 mm (0.5-3 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]

life history

plant_growth_form (categorical): graminoid (3); herb (2) [sources: RBGV_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: RBGV_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3) [sources: RBGV_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): rhizomatous (2) [sources: RBGV_2022; WAH_2022_2]
storage_organ (categorical): rhizome (2) [sources: RBGV_2023; WAH_2023_2]

seed morphology

seed_length (numerical): 0.5 mm (0.4-0.6 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 0.4 m (0.4-0.4 m) [sources: WAH_2023_2]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
RBGV_2023	9	12	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
RBGV_2022	4	4	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
WAH_2022_2	4	4	Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Sjostrom_2006	3	3	A. Sjöström and C. L. Gross. “Life-history characters and phylogeny are correlated with extinction risk in the Australian angiosperms”. Journal of Biogeography 33.2 (2006), pp. 271-290. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2005.01393.x.
WAH_2023_2	2	2	Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.