| Juncus balticus Willd. | |
| Publ. & Syn. | Willd., Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin Mag. Neuesten Entdeck. Gesammten Naturk. 3: 298 (1809). Holotype (B-WILLD): Germany: "an den sandigen Meeresufern bei Warnemünde", 1809, leg. G.G. Detharding. - Juncus arcticus var. balticus (Willd.) Trautv., Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 5: 119 (1877). - Juncus arcticus subsp. balticus (Willd.) Hyl., Bot. Not. 106: 354 (1953). |
| Notes | Our treatment differs from that of Brooks and Clemants (2000). We consider Juncus balticus in a much more narrow meaning than done by them for their J. arcticus var. balticus. We restrict it in an arctic context to plants in coastal and littoral sites around the North Atlantic and in northeastern North America and to interior plants in western North America (Cordilleran). We accept three subspecies. Brooks and Clemants (2000) mapped their var. balticus as sympatric with var. alaskanus in much of the mainland Northwest Territories and the Yukon Territory (where J. balticus occurs, also in our opinion, but not in the Arctic), and in Alaska (from where we have not seen it). |
| Chromosomes | (1) 74. - Far East (East Chukotka). - Zhukova and Tikhonova (1971). (2) 80. - Canada (British Columbia). - Taylor and Mulligan (1968). (3) 84. - Far East (South Chukotka). - Zhukova (1980). |
| Geography | North American - amphi-Atlantic. |
| Parent taxon | Juncus L. |
| Child taxa |
Juncus balticus subsp. ater (Rydb.) Snogerup Juncus balticus subsp. balticus Juncus balticus subsp. littoralis (Engelm.) Snogerup |
| PAF ID | 320127 |