The photo above shows the inflorescence of
dagger-leaf rush as seen along the Island Springs Trail.........August
11, 2006.
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- ![Basal leaves of Swordleaf Rush, Dagger-leaved Rush: Juncus ensifolius (Synonyms: Juncus ensifolius var. ensifolius, Juncus saximontanus var. saximontanus, Juncus tracyi, Juncus xiphioides, Juncus xiphioides var. triandrus)](../../mtadams/rush/juncus/ensifolius/ensifolius3c.jpg)
The photos above show dagger-leaf rush in wetlands to the north of Road K1000 to the east of the Mt. Adams Highway on the east side of Mt. Adams........June 17, 2007.
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- ![Inflorescence of Swordleaf Rush, Dagger-leaved Rush: Juncus ensifolius (Synonyms: Juncus ensifolius var. ensifolius, Juncus saximontanus var. saximontanus, Juncus tracyi, Juncus xiphioides, Juncus xiphioides var. triandrus)](../../mtadams/rush/juncus/ensifolius/ensifolius4c.jpg)
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.
![Habitat of Swordleaf Rush, Dagger-leaved Rush: Juncus ensifolius (Synonyms: Juncus ensifolius var. ensifolius, Juncus saximontanus var. saximontanus, Juncus tracyi, Juncus xiphioides, Juncus xiphioides var. triandrus)](../../mtadams/rush/juncus/ensifolius/ensifolius1a.jpg)
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