Family: Juncaceae
                                    
                                    
				
                                    
Group: Monocot
                                    
                                    
				
                                    
Substrate:
					
                                   Terrestrial
					
                                    
                                    
				
                                    
Habit:
					
                                    Herb
					 
                                    
                                    
				
                                    
Perennation:
					
                                   Perennial
					
                                    
                                    
				
                                    
Native Range: Widespread in North America, the West Indies (Cuba, Jamaica), Mexico, Central America and South America.
                                    
                                    
				
                                    
IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status:
					
                                    Rare
					
              
                
                
				
                                     
Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida
                                    
				
                                    SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence:
				  
                                    Present
			      
                                    
                                    
		    
                                    
SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status:
					
                                    Native
                                    
                                    
                                    
				
                                    
SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status:
					
                                    Not Cultivated
					
                                    
                                    
	            
                                    
Comments: For more images, click on the Atlas of Vascular Plants link below.
                                    
                                    
				
          
            Synonyms:
           J. aristulatus.
          
					
				
          
            FLORIDA KEYS Occurrence:
          
				  
					Possibly Extirpated
			      
				  
				  
		      
            
FLORIDA KEYS Native Status:
					
            			Possibly Extirpated
	            	
					
					
				
              
IRC FLORIDA KEYS Status:
					
						Possibly Extirpated
					
					
					
                                   
				
                                      
Map of select IRC data for the Florida Keys
                                    
				
          Florida Keys History and Distribution: Not reported for the Florida Keys by John Kunkel Small in 1913.  A specimen at FSU needs to be examined.