Juncus pallidus

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|image = Juncus pallidus - McConnell Arboretum & Botanical Gardens - DSC03006.JPG

|genus = Juncus

|species = pallidus

|authority = R.Br.

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Juncus pallidus, commonly known as the great soft-rush{{BSBI 2007 |access-date=2014-10-17 }} pale rush,{{PLANTS|id=JUPA9|taxon=Juncus pallidus|accessdate=22 January 2016}} giant rush, or leafless rush is a species of rush that is native to southern Australia, New Zealand, Norfolk Island, and Lord Howe Island.{{Cite web|url=http://www.nzpcn.org.nz/flora_details.aspx?ID=2173|title=Juncus pallidus {{!}} New Zealand Plant Conservation Network|website=www.nzpcn.org.nz|access-date=2018-05-07}} It is a vigorous, tufted, tussock-forming, rhizomatous perennial herb with culms growing to 70–135 cm in height. The inflorescence, which is 25–185 mm long, contains many straw coloured flowers, each with six floral segments. It is usually found in moist, nutrient-poor soils subject to periodic flooding, such as fresh and brackish waterways, including swamps, creek banks, lake edges and sand seeps.{{cite web |url= http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Juncus~pallidus|title=Juncus pallidus|access-date= 2012-06-25 |author1=Wilson, K.L. |author2=Johnson, L.A.S. |author3=Bankoff, P. |work= PlantNET - New South Wales Flora Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney Australia}}{{cite book |title=Inland Plants of the Bellarine Peninsula |author1=Longmore, Sue |author2=Smithyman, Steve |author3=Crawley, Matt |year=2010 |publisher= Bellarine Catchment Network }}{{cite web|url=http://www.water.wa.gov.au/PublicationStore/first/84826.pdf |title=Juncus pallidus Pale Rush |access-date=2012-06-25 |work=Juncaceae |publisher=Avon Catchment Council, Western Australia |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120428094755/http://www.water.wa.gov.au/PublicationStore/first/84826.pdf |archive-date=2012-04-28 }}