Species profile

Accepted name
Juncus repens Michx. Species
Common names
lesser creeping rush
Kingdom
Plantae
Division
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Poales
Family
Juncaceae
Genus
Juncus
IUCN Red List
Endangered
Distribution
Caribbean; Middle America; North America; Alabama; Arkansas
Published in
Michx. (1803). In: Fl. Bor. Am. 1: 191.

Media and observations

Depressions in wet pine savannas (SPS-RF), borrow pits. (Guide to the Vascular Flora of the Savannas and Flatwoods of Shaken Creek Preserve and Vicinity (Pender & Onslow Counties, North Carolina, U.S.A.))

Infrequent. Jun–Oct. Thornhill 410, 713 (NCSC). Specimens seen in the vicinity: Sandy Run [Hancock]: Taggart SARU 229 (WNC!). [= RAB, FNA, Weakley] (Guide to the Vascular Flora of the Savannas and Flatwoods of Shaken Creek Preserve and Vicinity (Pender & Onslow Counties, North Carolina, U.S.A.))

GBIF Secretariat (2023). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-10-05. Accessed via https://www.gbif.org/species/2701978 https://www.gbif.org/species/2701978
Common and trade names from InterAquaristik product data. · Last updated Oct 5, 2026, 3:32 AM