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Juncaceae

Juncaceae Juss. - Rush Family

1. Juncus rigidus Desf.

(Juncus arabicus, Juncus maritimus, Juncus nevskii, Juncus procerus)

Common names: assal, hard sea rush, rasha, tanda

Blooming rush (Juncus rigidus) in a salt marsh near Fuwairit. Northern Qatar, April 3, 2014 Rush (Juncus rigidus) in a salt marsh near Fuwairit. Northern Qatar, April 3, 2014 Seeds (nutlets) of rush (Juncus rigidus) taken from a salt marsh near Fuwairit in northern Qatar, September 20, 2014 Blooming rush (Juncus rigidus) in a salt marsh near Fuwairit. Northern Qatar, April 17, 2015 Rush (Juncus rigidus) with flowers in a salt marsh near Fuwairit. Northern Qatar, April 17, 2015 Rush (Juncus rigidus) in a salt marsh near Fuwairit. Northern Qatar, March 12, 2016 Rush (Juncus rigidus) near French Beach (42 km Beach) in Marouna, on north-eastern coast. Qatar, March 19, 2016 Rush (Juncus rigidus) on salt marsh in Luwaima and Ras Al Qawar north from Al Thakhira. Qatar, June 18, 2016 Rush (Juncus rigidus) with flowers in windblown sand in Luwaima and Ras Al Qawar north from Al Thakhira. Qatar, June 18, 2016

List of plant families

• Ephedraceae
• Acanthaceae
• Aizoaceae
• Amaranthaceae
• Anacardiaceae
• Annonaceae
• Apiaceae
• Apocynaceae
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• Asteraceae
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• Plumbaginaceae
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• Resedaceae
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• Rutaceae
• Salvadoraceae
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• Solanaceae
• Tamaricaceae
• Typhaceae
• Urticaceae
• Verbenaceae
• Violaceae
• Zygophyllaceae
• Arecaceae
• Commelinaceae
• Cymodoceaceae
• Cyperaceae
• Hydrocharitaceae
• Juncaceae
• Liliaceae
• Poaceae
• Ruppiaceae

Links

• Unknown plants or plants without names.
• Duplicate and extra pictures of plants.
• Earlier version of collection of plants.
• Other collections of pictures from Qatar: Lizards of Qatar, Cats of Qatar, Camels of Qatar, and Fish of Qatar.
• Picture archives.
• Home page of A. Sergeev.

Outside links

• Ekhlas M. M. Abdel Bary, The Flora of Qatar, Volume I: The Dicotyledons. Doha 2012
• Flora of Qatar, Volume II: The Monocotyledons
• Illustrated Checklist of the Flora of Qatar. John Norton et al. 2009
• Qatar eNature. Flora
• Ali Al-Rawi, Flowering plants of Kuwait, 1985
• Plants of Kuwait
• Flora of Saudi Arabia, Al-Qassim Region
• Flora of Eastern Saudi Arabia by Rain and Dust at Flickr
• Plants of South-Western Morocco
• Pictures from Qatar (Flickr/cpmkutty)
• Arabian plants by Gary Brown
• Flora of Israel

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• Full names, synonyms, and classification of plants were found online from catalogueoflife.org and theplantlist.org using a script.
• Pictures of plants were selected from a database using a script.
• This web page was written using a script.

Acknowledgements

QNHG (Qatar Natural History Group) and associated people, for a possibility to participate in their field excursions and to learn about local nature.