Biology:Juncus maritimus
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Short description: Species of grass
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Juncaceae |
| Genus: | Juncus |
| Species: | J. maritimus
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| Binomial name | |
| Juncus maritimus Lam.
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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]
References
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- ↑ "USDA Plants Database". http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=JUMA5.
- ↑ "FloraBase Name Currency Search: Juncus maritimus Lam". http://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/search/current?id=8778.
- ↑ "Juncus maritimus Lam.". Catalogue of Life. https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/3QTWD.
- ↑ Paul Adam Saltmarsh Ecology, p. 204, at Google Books
- ↑ Catich, Edward. The Origin of the Serif. p. 98. ISBN 0-9629740-1-3.
Wikidata ☰ Q28245 entry
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