Slender Rush, Path Rush, Poverty Rush: Juncus tenuis (Synonyms: Juncus bicornis, Juncus interior, Juncus macer, Juncus tenuis var. bicornis, Juncus tenuis var. multicornus, Juncus tenuis var. tenuis, Juncus tenuis var. williamsii)

A close-up of the inflorescence of poverty rush as seen on rocks along the west bank of the Deschutes River about one-half mile above its confluence with the Columbia River.........July 27, 2011. Note the long bracts subtending the inflorescence. In using a key, this type of inflorescence would be considered one that is terminal because although they are long, they are flattened on the medial (inside) surface and are spreading to ascending rather than rounded in cross-section and sharply erect as a continuation of the main stem in those rushes with lateral inflorescences.

Additional close-ups of poverty rush as seen on rocks along the west bank of the Deschutes River about one-half mile above its confluence with the Columbia River.........July 27, 2011.

Additional close-ups of the inflorescence of what appears to be slender rush as seen along Old Headquarters Road on slopes above the Klickitat River in the Klickitat State Wildlife Area of south-central Washington...........May 8, 2009. Note the several long, slender lateral involucral bracts on this speciman which has not flowered yet.