What is Juncaceae?
{{taxobox |name = Rush family |image = Juncus effuses.jpg |image_caption = ''[[Juncus effusus]]'' |regnum = [[Plantae]] |unranked_divisio = [[Angiosperms]] |unranked_classis = [[Monocots]] |unranked_ordo = [[Commelinids]] |ordo = [[Poales]] |familia = '''''Juncaceae''''' |familia_authority = [[Antoine Laurent de Jussieu|Juss.]]<ref name=APGIII2009>{{Cite journal |last=Angiosperm Phylogeny Group |year=2009 |title=An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III |journal=Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society |volume=161 |issue=2 |pages=105–121 |url=http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/122630309/abstract |format=PDF |accessdate=2013-06-26 |doi=10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00996.x |archive-date=2017-05-25 |archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20170525104318/http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00996.x/abstract |url-status=dead }}</ref> |subdivision_ranks = Genera |subdivision = *''[[Distichia (genus)|Distichia]]'' *''[[Juncus]]'' - Rush *''[[Luzula]]'' - Woodrush *''[[Marsippospermum]]'' *''[[Oxychloë]]'' *''[[Patosia]]'' *''[[Rostkovia]]'' }} The '''Juncaceae''', the '''rush family''', is a [[Family (biology)|family]] of rather small plants that often look like a type of [[grass]]. They often grow on wet, infertile soils. There are about 400 [[species]] organised into eight [[genus|genera]]. ''[[Juncus]]'' is the most well-known and largest [[genus]] in the Juncaceae family. They are one of the [[monocot]] [[flowering plant]] families, which means that their seeds only have one leaf to start off new growth. Rushes are found all around the world. They are commonly found in wet [[marsh]]y areas, as the plant prefers moist soil. However, [[seedling]]s can survive dormant once well established even in the driest of places. Seeds spread by water or birds and other animals. They can live for up to 50 years lying dormant in [[drought]]s. Rushes are a basic food of many animal diets. They are also used as bedding an