Dagger-leaf Rush, Dagger-leaved Rush, Swordleaf Rush, Sword-leaf Rush, Three-stamened Rush
Juncus ensifolius
Synonyms: Juncus ensifolius var. ensifolius, Juncus xiphioides
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The image at left was photographed at the eastern edge of Swampy
Meadows at the southwest corner of Mt. Adams just northwest of the intersections
of Rds # 23 & # 8810.......August 8, 2004. The photo at center shows a close-up of the inflorescence
of dagger-leaf rush as seen at Swampy Meadows.........August
6, 2005. The photo at right shows the inflorescence of
dagger-leaf rush as seen along the Island Springs Trail..........August
11, 2006.
Basal leaves of daggerleaf rush as seen at a spring along a vernally moist drainage running uphill to the southwest from Dead Canyon, about 2 miles west of the Klickitat River......May 9, 2025.
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The image at left was photographed at the eastern edge of Swampy
Meadows at the southwest corner of Mt. Adams just northwest of the intersections
of Rds # 23 & # 8810..............August 8, 2004.
The photo at right shows a close-up of the attractive (almost iris-like)
leaves of dagger-leaf rush as seen at Swampy Meadows..........August
6, 2005.
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The 3 photos directly above show close-ups of several inflorescences of dagger-leaf rush as seen at Willard Springs in Conboy Lake NWR..........July 31, 2008.
The photo above shows a large meadow devoted almost exclusively to dagger-leaf rush. From the hillside above the eastern branch of Shorthorn Creek, above the Round the Mt. Trail #9 in the Mt. Adams Wilderness.........September 5, 2008.
Paul Slichter
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