
السمار
Juncus acutus

الأسَل المفترش، أسل المصب
Juncus effusus
الفصيلة أَسَلِيَّةُ · Juncaceae
© Ramy Maalouf 2020 - 2026
© Ramy Maalouf 2020 - 2026
Habitat & elevation: Moist or wet, non-calcareous soils — ditches, marshy meadows, and stream margins; from the coast up to c. 2 000 m.
Lebanese distribution: Beirut (possibly adventive beneath conglomerates), Bikfaya, Qrayé, Nahr es-Safa, Mayrouba, between Sannine and Kneissé, Col de Zahlé, Falougha, Beskinta–Khan Sannine.
Native range: Afghanistan, Alabama, Alaska, Albania, Algeria, Altay, Arizona, Arkansas, Assam, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bolivia, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Burundi, California, Cambodia, Canary Is., Central European Russia, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Connecticut, Corse, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Czechia-Slovakia, Delaware, Denmark, District of Columbia, DR Congo, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, East Himalaya, Ecuador, El Salvador, Finland, Florida, France, Free State, Føroyar, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, Idaho, Illinois, India, Indiana, Iowa, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Kansas, Kentucky, Kenya, Krasnoyarsk, Kriti, Krym, Leeward Is., Louisiana, Madagascar, Madeira, Maine, Manchuria, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mauritius, Mexican Pacific Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Morocco, Nebraska, Netherlands, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Newfoundland, North Carolina, North Caucasus, North European Russia, Northern Provinces, Northwest European Russia, Norway, Nova Scotia, NW. Balkan Pen., Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Palestine, Pennsylvania, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Prince Edward I., Québec, Rhode I., Romania, Rwanda, Sardegna, Sicilia, South Carolina, South European Russia, Spain, Svalbard, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tennessee, Texas, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Türkiye, Türkiye-in-Europe, Uganda, Ukraine, Venezuela, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Himalaya, West Siberia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Zimbabwe. Doubtfully present in: Ethiopia.
Introduced range: Amsterdam–St. Paul Is., Cape Provinces, Colorado, Falkland Is., Hawaii, Irkutsk, Marion–Prince Edward Is., New South Wales, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, St. Helena, Tasmania, Tristan da Cunha, Victoria (POWO).