Juncus repens

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Species Distribution Map
Family:JUNCACEAE
Species:Juncus repens Michx.
Common Name:Creeping Rush
Habitat:**
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:Perennial
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:JURE2
Plant Notes:Creeping Rush is a native herbaceous perennial in the Rush family (Juncaceae). It can be found throughout Alabama. Creeping Rush occurs in shallow water or on wet soil around the margins of lakes and ponds, on stream and river banks, and in wet roadside ditches. It is a cespitose stoloniferous herb with fibrous roots. It often forms large mats. The leaves are linear, flat, not septate, with entire margins. Flowering only occurs when plants are exposed. Flowers are produced in heads on erect or arching branched stems above the foliage. Each stem has 2-10 heads, each with 3-12 flowers. Flowers have six erect lanceolate tepals that are green in color, and 3 yellow stamens. The fruit is a capsule. Creeping Rush is a popular aquarium plant that is easy to grow. It forms a low grass-like carpet and is an excellent filter plant and provides cover, foraging areas, and spawning sites. It is available from many aquarium supply stores and can be propagated by divisions and from plantlets that form on the stolon’s.—A. Diamond.
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Native, OBL (NWI)
References:**
Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

** Not applicable or data not available.

Classification

FamilyJUNCACEAE - Rush family
Genus Juncus
Species Juncus repens Michx. - Creeping Rush

Citation

Citation Juncus repens Michaux, Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 191. 1803.
Basionym: **
Type: "Carolina et Georgia",

** Not applicable or data not available.

Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Cephaloxys flabellata Cephaloxys flabellata Desvaux, J. Bot. (Desvaux) 1: 321. 1809, nom. illegit.Juncus repens Michaux 1803. 
Juncus subincurvus Juncus subincurvus Steudel, Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 303. 1855. LOUISIANA: Without data, Hartmann 86 (holotype: P; isotype: P).

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Baldwin, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Butler, Calhoun, Chilton, Choctaw, Clay, Cleburne, Coffee, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Dale, Dallas, DeKalb, Escambia, Etowah, Geneva, Greene, Hale, Houston, Jackson, Lawrence, Lee, Lowndes, Madison, Marengo, Marshall, Mobile, Montgomery, Perry, Pickens, Pike, Sumter, Talladega, Tuscaloosa, Washington

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AMAL, AUA, JSU, NY, TROY, UNA, USAM, UWAL, UWFP

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1905 - 1995

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used		 Image
UWFP000022748acc Escambia 21 May 2005 James R. Burkhalter
20369		 UWFP
Juncus repens Michaux
UNA00003900 Greene 25 May 1978 Haynes, Robert R.
6471		 UNA
Juncus repens Michx.
UWAL0019766 Houston 25 Jul 1990 Kral, Robert
78049		 UWAL
Juncus repens Michx.
UNA00004743 Chilton 11 Aug 1978 Wiersema, John H.
426		 UNA
Juncus repens Michx.
USAM000007586 Baldwin 18 Oct 1980 LeLong, Michel G.
11702		 USAM
Juncus repens Michaux
UWAL0004611 Lawrence 10 Oct 2005 England, J. Kevin
404		 UWAL
Juncus repens Michaux
JSU100956 Dallas 09 Jun 1984 Whetstone, R. David
14059		 JSU
Juncus repens Michaux
TROY000011032 Coffee 09 Sep 1999 Martin, Brian H.
231		 TROY
Juncus repens Michaux
AMAL00019969 Mobile 02 Apr 2011 Horne, Howard E.
1592		 AMAL
Juncus repens Michaux
UNA00004736 Bibb 21 Aug 1978 Wiersema, John H.
472		 UNA
Juncus repens Michx.
UWAL0039309 Montgomery 14 Aug 2016 Diamond, Alvin R.
27614		 UWAL
Juncus repens Michaux
JSU100962 Marshall 08 Aug 1993 Spaulding, Daniel D.
4452		 JSU
Juncus repens Michaux
AMAL00021558 Greene 14 Oct 2010 Keener, Brian R.
6218		 AMAL
Juncus repens Michaux
UNA00004814 Choctaw 26 Jul 1978 Haynes, Robert R.
6759		 UNA
Juncus repens Michx.
TROY000025754 Chilton 16 Jun 2005 Diamond, Alvin R.
15473		 TROY
Juncus repens Michaux
JSU100957 Etowah 04 Nov 1994 Hodge, Lesley M.
4075		 JSU
Juncus repens Michaux
UWFP000018776acc Escambia 07 May 2000 James R. Burkhalter
17180		 UWFP
Juncus repens Michaux
UNA00004772 Hale 04 Jul 1978 Caldwell, Richard D.
5		 UNA
Juncus repens Michx.
UWAL0018411 Houston 20 Aug 1993 Kral, Robert
83227		 UWAL
Juncus repens L.
UNA00004718 Mobile s.d. Mohr, Charles
s.n.		 UNA
Juncus repens Michx.
AUA000037758 Covington 16 Aug 2011 Hansen, Curtis J.
5243		 AUA
Juncus Repens Michx.
JSU100947 Calhoun 30 Aug 1994 Ballard, J. Mark
4800		 JSU
Juncus repens Michaux
UNA00004756 Lee 10 Jul 1978 Haynes, Robert R.
6633		 UNA
Juncus repens Michx.
USAM000007581 Mobile 10 Oct 1977 LeLong, Michel G.
9938		 USAM
Juncus repens Michaux
UNA00026620 Tuscaloosa 28 Sep 1977 Davenport, Lawrence J.
193		 UNA
Juncus repens Michx.
UWAL0018437 Houston 15 Jul 1992 Kral, Robert
81128		 UWAL
Juncus repens Michx.
UNA00066909 Sumter 10 Jul 2006 Keener, Brian R.
3153		 UNA
Juncus repens Michx.
UWAL0050417 Bullock 17 May 2016 Soehren, Eric C.
281		 UWAL
Juncus repens Michx.
AMAL00012852 Sumter 10 Jul 2006 Keener, Brian R.
3153		 AMAL
Juncus repens Michx.
UNA00004752 Mobile 30 May 1966 Deramus, Rebecca
D 924		 UNA
Juncus repens Michx.
ALNHS00007623 Houston 01 AUG 2019 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#4722		 ALNHS
Juncus repens Michx.
NY02398273 DeKalb July 1898 Ruth, Albert
138		 NY
Juncus repens Michaux
UWAL0032027 Houston 09 Jul 2015 Diamond, Alvin R.
26572		 UWAL
Juncus repens Michaux
JSU100949 Clay 01 Aug 1993 Ballard, J. Mark
3091		 JSU
Juncus repens Michaux
TROY000011031 Butler 08 Jul 2006 Diamond, Alvin R.
16648		 TROY
Juncus repens Michaux
AMAL00019108 Calhoun 30 Aug 1994 Ballard, J. Mark
4800		 AMAL
Juncus repens Michx.
JSU100952 Cleburne 12 Jul 1993 Ballard, J. Mark
2895		 JSU
Juncus repens Michaux
UNA00056422 Chilton 26 Sep 1995 Birk, Michelle
469		 UNA
Juncus repens Michx.
UWAL0010553 Marengo 19 Jul 2012 England, J. Kevin
3703		 UWAL
Juncus repens Michaux
UNA00004702 Houston 13 Jun 1979 Wiersema, John H.
887		 UNA
Juncus repens Michx.
JSU100955 Covington 01 Jun 1970 Kral, Robert
39442		 JSU
Juncus repens Michaux
AMAL00001048 Perry 18 May 1994 Birk, Michelle
4		 AMAL
Juncus repens Michx.
JSU100966 Washington 24 Jun 1984 Whetstone, R. David
14292		 JSU
Juncus repens Michaux
UWAL0004612 Sumter 10 Jul 2006 Keener, Brian R.
3153		 UWAL
Juncus repens Michx.
UNA00003810 Coffee 15 Jun 1979 Haynes, Robert R.
7294		 UNA
Juncus repens Michx.
TROY000025755 Sumter 10 Jul 2006 Keener, Brian R.
3153		 TROY
Juncus repens Michaux
UWAL0014754 Bullock 18 Jul 2012 Dykes, Bailee
1028		 UWAL
Juncus repens Michaux
JSU100960 Jackson 21 Sep 1997 Spaulding, Daniel D.
10077		 JSU
Juncus repens Michaux
USAM000007583 Mobile 30 Apr 1968 Scott, D.L.
152		 USAM
Juncus repens Michaux
UNA00001126 Perry 28 Jul 1987 Burckhalter, Robert
1162		 UNA
Juncus repens Michx.
AMAL00001050 Geneva 08 May 2000 Kral, Robert
89605		 AMAL
Juncus repens Michx.
JSU100961 Madison 22 Sep 1995 Threlkeld, Steven J.
35a		 JSU
Juncus repens Michaux
TROY000036153 Bullock 18 Jul 2012 Dykes, Bailee
1028		 TROY
Juncus repens Michaux
AUA_ACC_55008 Crenshaw 31 Jul 1995 Diamond, Alvin R.
9753		 AUA
Juncus Repens Michx.
JSU100948 Calhoun 18 Jul 1994 Ballard, J. Mark
4150		 JSU
Juncus repens Michaux
UNA00066261 Butler 08 Jul 2006 Diamond, Alvin R.
16648		 UNA
Juncus repens Michx.
UWAL0043251 Baldwin 12 Jul 2009 Larsen, Harry S.
1694		 UWAL
Juncus repens Michx.
AUA_ACC_43547 Conecuh 28 Jun 1985 Diamond, Alvin R.
1119		 AUA
Juncus Repens Michx.
UNA00051091 Perry 09 May 1995 Birk, Michelle
233		 UNA
Juncus repens Michx.
AMAL00019476 Chilton 16 Jun 2005 Diamond, Alvin R.
15473		 AMAL
Juncus repens Michx.
TROY000044324 Montgomery 14 Aug 2016 Diamond, Alvin R.
27614		 TROY
Juncus repens Michaux
JSU100959 Jackson 27 Sep 1997 Schotz, Alfred
1563		 JSU
Juncus repens Michaux
UNA00004807 Jackson 06 Jun 1980 Meigs, Russell A.
806		 UNA
Juncus repens Michx.
NY02398298 Covington 01 Jun 1970 Kral, Robert
39442		 NY
Juncus repens Michaux
TROY000011036 Pike 06 Sep 2006 Diamond, Alvin R.
16861		 TROY
Juncus repens Michaux
USAM000007582 Mobile 07 Jun 1978 LeLong, Michel G.
10260		 USAM
Juncus repens Michaux
UNA00004772 Hale 4 Jul 1978 Scofield, Richard H.
5		 UNA
Juncus repens Michx.
JSU100958 Etowah 31 Jul 1994 Hodge, Lesley M.
2941		 JSU
Juncus repens Michaux
TROY000011035 Geneva 20 May 2007 Diamond, Alvin R.
17623		 TROY
Juncus repens Michaux
AUA_ACC_55071 Crenshaw 3 Sep 1995 Diamond, Alvin R.
9890		 AUA
Juncus Repens Michx.
JSU100954 Cleburne 12 Sep 1994 Ballard, J. Mark
3332		 JSU
Juncus repens Michaux
UNA00065762 Pike 06 Sep 2006 Diamond, Alvin R.
16861		 UNA
Juncus repens Michx.
UWAL0043250 Baldwin 22 Apr 2011 Larsen, Harry S.
1729		 UWAL
Juncus repens Michx.
AUA_ACC_55279 Pike 27 Jun 1995 Diamond, Alvin R.
9609		 AUA
Juncus Repens Michx.
UNA00000591 Bibb 26 Jul 1995 Birk, Michelle
654		 UNA
Juncus repens Michx.
AMAL00016127 Butler 08 Jul 2008 Diamond, Alvin R.
16648		 AMAL
Juncus repens Michx.
ALNHS00007901 Lee 22 Aug 2019 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#4841		 ALNHS
Juncus repens Michx.
JSU100963 Talladega 29 May 1999 Brodeur, Kristin R.
2191		 JSU
Juncus repens Michaux
UNA00003835 Madison 30 Jul 1980 Meigs, Russell A.
1088		 UNA
Juncus repens Michx.
TROY000011033 Dale 06 Jun 2000 Woods, Michael
8112		 TROY
Juncus repens Michaux
NY02398272 Choctaw 09 Jul 1979 Haynes, Robert R.
7415		 NY
Juncus repens Michaux
ALNHS00001328 Dallas 07 Jul 2010 Barger, T. Wayne
OC-533		 ALNHS
Juncus repens Michx.
UWAL0044937 Covington 16 Aug 2011 Hansen, Curtis J.
5243		 UWAL
Juncus repens Michx.
JSU100951 Clay 01 Jul 1993 Ballard, J. Mark
2861		 JSU
Juncus repens Michaux
TROY000042982 Houston 09 Jul 2015 Diamond, Alvin R.
26572		 TROY
Juncus repens Michaux
AMAL00019664 Baldwin 17 Jun 2009 Barger, T. Wayne
614		 AMAL
Juncus repens Michx.
JSU100953 Cleburne 12 Jul 1993 Ballard, J. Mark
2895		 JSU
Juncus repens Michaux
UNA00056423 Chilton 26 Sep 1995 Birk, Michelle
480		 UNA
Juncus repens Michx.
UWAL0031876 Dale 20 Aug 1998 Kral, Robert
87695		 UWAL
Juncus repens Michaux
TROY000011034 Dale 06 Jun 2000 Pennington, Tiffany
766		 TROY
Juncus repens Michaux
AMAL00001049 Greene 05 Aug 1969 Thomas, Joab L.
2360		 AMAL
Juncus repens Michx.
UNA00051067 Bibb 26 Jul 1995 Birk, Michelle
326		 UNA
Juncus repens Michx.
AMAL00002158 Pike 06 Sep 2006 Diamond, Alvin R.
16861		 AMAL
Juncus repens Michx.
ALNHS00007616 Lee 22 AUG 2019 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#4841		 ALNHS
Juncus repens Michx.
UWAL0011735 Greene 14 Oct 2010 Keener, Brian R.
6218		 UWAL
Juncus repens Michaux
UNA00004816 Mobile 02 Jun 1978 Haynes, Robert R.
6557		 UNA
Juncus repens Michx.
TROY000040977 Greene 14 Oct 2010 Keener, Brian R.
6218		 TROY
Juncus repens Michaux
NY02398236 s.d. Buckley, Samuel B.
s.n.		 NY
Juncus repens Michaux
UNA00004796 DeKalb 24 Nov 1905 Harper, Roland M.
9		 UNA
Juncus repens Michx.
USAM000007584 Mobile 30 Apr 1968 Scott, D.L.
152		 USAM
Juncus repens Michaux
UNA00001121 Bibb 13 Sep 1987 Burckhalter, Robert
1244		 UNA
Juncus repens Michx.
AUA_ACC_49978 Crenshaw 24 Jul 1988 Diamond, Alvin R.
5292		 AUA
Juncus Repens Michx.
UNA00054587 Blount 12 Aug 1998 Keener, Brian R.
1438		 UNA
Juncus repens Michx.
AUA_ACC_62127 Greene 5 Aug 1969 Thomas, Joab L.
2360		 AUA
Juncus Repens Michx.
JSU100950 Clay 19 Jun 1993 Ballard, J. Mark
2813		 JSU
Juncus repens Michaux
UNA00004758 Washington 05 Aug 1980 Haynes, Robert R.
8161		 UNA
Juncus repens Michx.
UNA00004721 Pickens 17 Sep 1978 Davenport, Lawrence J.
861		 UNA
Juncus repens Michx.
UWAL0010551 Marengo 19 Jul 2012 England, J. Kevin
3715		 UWAL
Juncus repens Michaux
UNA00051086 Chilton 26 Sep 1995 Birk, Michelle
507		 UNA
Juncus repens Michx.
UWAL0050908 Mobile 16 May 1965 Deramus, Rebecca
D480		 UWAL
Juncus repens Michaux
TROY000037290 Marengo 19 Jul 2012 England, J. Kevin
3715		 TROY
Juncus repens Michaux
USAM000007585 Mobile 01 Jul 1969 LeLong, Michel G.
5147		 USAM
Juncus repens Michaux
UNA00004792 Mobile 16 May 1965 Deramus, Rebecca
D480		 UNA
Juncus repens Michx.
UNA00053596 Greene 05 Aug 1969 Thomas, Joab L.
2360		 UNA
Juncus repens Michx.
NY02398271 Madison 30 Jul 1980 Meigs, Russell A.
1088		 NY
Juncus repens Michaux
UWAL0001587 Greene 14 Oct 2010 Keener, Brian R.
6218		 UWAL
Juncus repens Michx.
TROY000011030 Bullock 23 Jul 2007 Diamond, Alvin R.
17817		 TROY
Juncus repens Michaux
UWAL0031889 Dale 20 Aug 1998 Kral, Robert
87695		 UWAL
Juncus repens Michaux
UNA00004771 Lowndes 18 Aug 1978 Wiersema, John H.
450		 UNA
Juncus repens Michx.
AMAL00019109 Calhoun 18 Jul 1994 Ballard, J. Mark
4150		 AMAL
Juncus repens Michx.
UWAL0011866 Washington 24 Jun 2012 Keener, Brian R.
7340		 UWAL
Juncus repens Michaux
UNA00056364 Perry 18 May 1994 Birk, Michelle
4		 UNA
Juncus repens Michx.
AMAL00019486 Mobile 27 Aug 2012 Horne, Howard E.
1863		 AMAL
Juncus repens Michx.
UNA00004701 Bullock 12 Jun 1979 Wiersema, John H.
854		 UNA
Juncus repens Michx.
UWAL0045783 Marshall 02 Jul 2019 Webb, David H.
8697		 UWAL
Juncus repens Michx.
JSU100964 Talladega 24 Aug 1980 Whetstone, R. David
10223		 JSU
Juncus repens Michaux
AUA000031609 Escambia 24 Jun 2010 Hansen, Curtis J.
4765		 AUA
Juncus Repens Michx.
UNA00003865 Choctaw 09 Jul 1979 Haynes, Robert R.
7415		 UNA
Juncus repens Michx.
TROY000033447 Barbour 03 Sep 2011 Dykes, Bailee
89		 TROY
Juncus repens Michaux
AUA_ACC_65623 Chilton 16 Jun 2005 Diamond, Alvin R.
15473		 AUA
Juncus Repens Michx.
JSU100965 Tuscaloosa 19 Aug 2000 Spaulding, Daniel D.
10822		 JSU
Juncus repens Michaux
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