''Juncus maritimus'', known as the sea rush, is a species of
rush
Rush(es) may refer to:
Places
United States
* Rush, Colorado
* Rush, Kentucky
* Rush, New York
* Rush City, Minnesota
* Rush Creek (Kishwaukee River tributary), Illinois
* Rush Creek (Marin County, California), a stream
* Rush Creek (Mono Cou ...
that grows on coastlines. It is sometimes considered
conspecific with ''
Juncus kraussii''.
It has a wide distribution across the western
Palearctic realm (all of Europe, western Asia and the
Maghreb).
According to
Edward Catich the ancient Egyptians used ''Juncus maritimus'' as a brush for writing. He describes the process of making one: “the end of which
he rushwas cut at a slant and its fibers split by chewing to produce a small chisel-shaped ‘brush‘.”.
References
External links
maritimus
Plants described in 1789
Taxa named by Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
Flora of Europe
Flora of Sweden
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