Juncus articulatus Linnaeus 1753 (Family Juncaceae)
|  | Height: 15-60cm
Occasionally Arbuscular Mycorrhizal
Perennial, Rhizomatous, Persistent Seed Bank
Hermaphrodite, Flowering June - September
(Earliest: 7.7)
| Biotopes: |   Wet Meadows
 |   Pond Edge
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| Pollination: | Wind | 
| Flower Visitors: |   Episyrphus balteatus
 |   Helophilus trivittatus
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| Parasites: |   Eutomostethus luteiventris Larva (Stem Borer)
 | 
| Possible Parasites: |   Loxocera albiseta Larva (Stem Borer)
 |   Loxocera aristata Larva (Stem Borer)
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| Herbivores: |   Plateumaris consimilis
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| Possible Herbivores: |   Hypenodes humidalis Larva
 |   Glyphipterix thrasonella Larva
 |   Several Tenthredinidae
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| Sapivores: |   Conomelus anceps
 |   Florodelphax leptosoma
 |   Rhopalosiphum padi
 |   Schizaphis palustris
 | 
|  |   Macrosteles sexnotatus
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| Possible Sapivores: |   Several Miridae
 |   Macrosteles viridigriseus
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| Florivores: |   Kateretes rufilabris
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| Decomposers: |   Phyllachora junci
 |   Angiosperm Generalists
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Ecological Flora of the British Isles
Skye Flora:
Jointed Rush
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