Juncus scirpoides

{{Short description|Species of plant in the genus Juncus}}

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|genus=Juncus

|species=scirpoides

|authority=Lam.

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• Juncus echinatus Elliott
• Juncus macrostemon J.Gay ex Laharpe
• Juncus nodosus var. multiflorus Torr.
• Juncus scirpoides var. carolinianus Coville
• Juncus scirpoides var. compositus R.M.Harper
• Juncus scirpoides var. genuinus Buchenau
• Juncus scirpoides var. macrostemon (J.Gay ex Laharpe) Engelm.
• Juncus scirpoides macrostylus Engelm.
• Tristemon echinatus Raf.
• Tristemon polycephalus Raf.

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Juncus scirpoides, the needlepod rush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Juncaceae, native to the central and eastern United States.{{cite web |url=http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:443461-1 |title=Juncus scirpoides Lam. |author= |date=2017 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=3 July 2021 }}{{cite web |url=https://plants.sc.egov.usda.gov/home/plantProfile?symbol=JUSC |title=Juncus scirpoides Lam. needlepod rush |author= |website=USDA Plants Database |publisher=United States Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service |access-date=3 July 2021 }} It prefers wet sandy soils, and among the many places it grows it is common in the enigmatic Carolina bays.{{cite journal |last1=Luken |first1=James O. |year=2005 |title=Dionaea muscipula (Venus Flytrap) Establishment, Release, and Response of Associated Species in Mowed Patches on the Rims of Carolina Bays |url=https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/document?repid=rep1&type=pdf&doi=95da7c56934c79f0e38e0cb26b6dd6368f926537 |journal=Restoration Ecology |volume=13 |issue=4 |pages=678–684 |doi=10.1111/j.1526-100X.2005.00086.x|bibcode=2005ResEc..13..678L |s2cid=10780552 |url-access=subscription }}