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Recording Doncaster's Wildlife since 1880

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Grass – Rush

Plants – Grasses, Rushes & Sedges

Angiosperms
   Monocotyledons
      Order – Poales
         Family – Juncaceae (Rush)
            Genera – Juncus, Lazula

Blunt- flowered Rush (Juncus subnodulous), Shropshire
Blunt- flowered Rush (Juncus subnodulous), Shropshire.
Bulbous rush (Juncus bulbosus), Colmere
Compact Rush (Juncus conglomerata), Fenn Carr
Heath Rush (Juncus squarrosus), Colmere
Jointed rush (Juncus articulatus), Austerfield
Jointed rush (Juncus articulatus), Old Moor
Slender Rush (Juncus tenuis), Shropshire
Soft Rush (Juncus effusus), Edlington Pit Top

Recent Posts

  • Next Meeting – Wednesday 30th July 2025 to Cusworth Park, 6.30 p.m. 28 July 2025
  • Next Meeting – Tuesday 22 July 2025, to the Woodfield Green Triangle rewilding site. 20 July 2025
  • Next Meeting – Saturday 21st June 2025 -10.30 a.m. at Lindholme Hall 18 June 2025
  • Next Meeting – Tuesday 17th June 2025 to Ash Hill Farm 16 June 2025
  • Next Meeting – Monday 9th June 2025, at 2.00pm in Finningley 9 June 2025

Gallery

Epiphyas postvittana - Light Brown Apple Moth - KIrk Smeaton Selenia dentaria - Early Thorn, Woodside Nurseries, Austerfield.

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