Juncus repens

ClassificationMonocots
FamilyJuncaceae
Family (Traditional)Juncaceae
GenusJuncus
Species:Juncus repens Michx.
Common NameLesser Creeping Rush
Growth Habitgraminoid
Plant Notes**
CharacteristicsArmaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: No; Woody Herbaceous: Herbaceous; Natural Area Presence: BE; Natural Area Presence: GILES; Natural Area Presence: LGS; Natural Area Presence: ObedWSR; Natural Area Presence: SGSNA; Natural Area Presence: WOLF; Duration: Annual; Duration: Perennial; General Ecology: Mudflat; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: graminoid; Moisture Requirements: Hydric; Moisture Requirements: Wetland; Region of Origin: North America; Reproductive Phenology: June; Reproductive Phenology: July; Reproductive Phenology: August; Reproductive Phenology: September; Reproductive Phenology: October; Leaf Arrangement: alternate; Leaf Arrangement: basal; Leaf Complexity: simple; Leaf Dissection: 0; Leaf Fragrance: No; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaf Petiole Type: sessile; Leaf Type: grass-like; Leaf Venation: parallel; Leaflet Margins: entire; Leaflet Number: 0; Base Flower Color: Brown (incl. Maroon); Base Flower Color: Green; Fruit Dehiscence: Yes; Fruit Type: Capsule; Fruit Wet/Dry: Dry; Hypanthium Present: No; Ovary Position: Superior; Overall Flower Symmetry: Actinomorphic; Perianth Present: Yes; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A
C value 5
StatusNative; AGCP (OBL), EMP (OBL) (NWPL); TN[SNR] (State Rank); G5 (Global Rank)
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Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display the its name. Click the question mark icon () to view additional information about the ecoregions shown. In the map legend, there are links to toggle the visibility of the ecoregions and/or their labels. In addition, clicking on an ecoregion name will highlight that region on the map.

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  • Counties
  • Counties - Species Present
Ecoregions
  • Southeastern Plains
    • Blackland Prarie
  • Blue Ridge Mountains
  • Ridge and Valley
  • Cumberland Plateau
  • Cumberland Mountains
  • Allegheny Plateau
  • Interior Plateau
    • Bluegrass Region
    • Nashville Basin
    • Pennyroyal Karst Plain
    • Western Highland Rim
    • Eastern Highland Rim

Synonyms

No synonyms exist for this species.

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.

Counties included on distribution map: Bledsoe (TN), Coffee (TN), Cumberland (TN), Fentress (TN), Franklin (TN), Giles (TN), Grundy (TN), Hamilton (TN), Marion (TN), Montgomery (TN), Moore (TN), Morgan (TN), Overton (TN), Putnam (TN), Sequatchie (TN), Warren (TN), White (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: APSC, EKY, MTSU, TENN, UCHT, UOS

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1950 - 2018

Accession No. (click for full details) County State Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
31234100103108 Franklin Tennessee 05 Oct 1980 Henry R. DeSelm
188		 EKY
Juncus repens
TENN-V-0062450 Coffee Tennessee
TENN
Juncus repens
TENN-V-0062446 Coffee Tennessee
TENN
Juncus repens
TENN-V-0062477 Grundy Tennessee
TENN
Juncus repens
TENN-V-0062474 Grundy Tennessee
TENN
Juncus repens
TENN-V-0062445 Bledsoe Tennessee
TENN
Juncus repens
APSC0098789 Moore Tennessee
APSC
Juncus repens
APSC0035740 Cumberland Tennessee
APSC
Juncus repens
APSC0072084 Coffee Tennessee
APSC
Juncus repens
MTSU003291 Coffee Tennessee 01 Jun 2001 Dwayne Estes
 MTSU
Juncus repens
UOS07270 Franklin Tennessee 28 Sep 2003 Yolande M. Gottfried
 UOS
Juncus repens
UOS07268 Franklin Tennessee 14 Oct 1985 R.K. Clements
 UOS
Juncus repens
31234100103082 Cumberland Tennessee 20 May 1987 Ronald L. Jones
4748		 EKY
Juncus repens
31234100103124 Franklin Tennessee 07 Aug 1987 Ronald L. Jones
5270a		 EKY
Juncus repens
TENN-V-0062486 Putnam Tennessee
TENN
Juncus repens
TENN-V-0062481 Morgan Tennessee
TENN
Juncus repens
TENN-V-0062447 Coffee Tennessee
TENN
Juncus repens
TENN-V-0062467 Franklin Tennessee
TENN
Juncus repens
TENN-V-0062449 Coffee Tennessee
TENN
Juncus repens
UCHT005271 Marion Tennessee 07 Jun 1998 John Beck
2089		 UCHT
Juncus repens
APSC0100950 Franklin Tennessee
APSC
Juncus repens
APSC0107047 Coffee Tennessee
APSC
Juncus repens
APSC0035736 Hamilton Tennessee
APSC
Juncus repens
UOS07264 Coffee Tennessee 18 Sep 1996 Douglas E. Kennemore, Jr.
 UOS
Juncus repens
31234100103090 Franklin Tennessee 15 Oct 1988 Ronald L. Jones
5545a		 EKY
Juncus repens
31234100103074 Coffee Tennessee 26 Aug 2001 Dwayne Estes
2817		 EKY
Juncus repens
TENN-V-0062466 Fentress Tennessee
TENN
Juncus repens
TENN-V-0062463 Fentress Tennessee
TENN
Juncus repens
TENN-V-0062484 Putnam Tennessee
TENN
Juncus repens
TENN-V-0062454 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Juncus repens
TENN-V-0062461 Fentress Tennessee
TENN
Juncus repens
TENN-V-0062469 Franklin Tennessee
TENN
Juncus repens
UCHT005272 Marion Tennessee 13 May 1998 John Beck
1836		 UCHT
Juncus repens
APSC0103695 Franklin Tennessee
APSC
Juncus repens
APSC0035741 Moore Tennessee
APSC
Juncus repens
UOS07272 Franklin Tennessee 30 Sep 2005 Mary P. Priestley
 UOS
Juncus repens
31234100103116 Franklin Tennessee 07 Aug 1987 Ronald L. Jones
5249		 EKY
Juncus repens
TENN-V-0062478 Hamilton Tennessee
TENN
Juncus repens
TENN-V-0062455 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Juncus repens
TENN-V-0062468 Franklin Tennessee
TENN
Juncus repens
TENN-V-0062448 Coffee Tennessee
TENN
Juncus repens
TENN-V-0062489 White Tennessee
TENN
Juncus repens
APSC0101336 Coffee Tennessee
APSC
Juncus repens
APSC0035738 Montgomery Tennessee 29 Jul 1950 Alfred Clebsch
 APSC
Juncus repens
TENN-V-0062462 Fentress Tennessee
TENN
Juncus repens
TENN-V-0062465 Fentress Tennessee
TENN
Juncus repens
TENN-V-0062480 Marion Tennessee
TENN
Juncus repens
TENN-V-0062479 Marion Tennessee
TENN
Juncus repens
TENN-V-0062488 Sequatchie Tennessee
TENN
Juncus repens
TENN-V-0062483 Putnam Tennessee
TENN
Juncus repens
TENN-V-0062452 Coffee Tennessee
TENN
Juncus repens
APSC0035739 Giles Tennessee
APSC
Juncus repens
APSC0098137 Warren Tennessee 06 Jun 2018 Claire Ciafre
 APSC
Juncus repens
UOS07269 Marion Tennessee 07 Oct 1999 Al Good
 UOS
Juncus repens
UOS07265 Coffee Tennessee 23 Jul 1996 Douglas E. Kennemore, Jr.
 UOS
Juncus repens
TENN-V-0062487 Sequatchie Tennessee
TENN
Juncus repens
TENN-V-0062473 Grundy Tennessee
TENN
Juncus repens
TENN-V-0062476 Grundy Tennessee
TENN
Juncus repens
TENN-V-0062456 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Juncus repens
APSC0065148 Cumberland Tennessee
APSC
Juncus repens
TENN-V-0062459 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Juncus repens
TENN-V-0062470 Franklin Tennessee
TENN
Juncus repens
TENN-V-0062485 Putnam Tennessee
TENN
Juncus repens
TENN-V-0062482 Overton Tennessee
TENN
Juncus repens
TENN-V-0062457 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Juncus repens
TENN-V-0242199 Hamilton Tennessee
TENN
Juncus repens
TENN-V-0062451 Coffee Tennessee
TENN
Juncus repens
APSC0035742 Grundy Tennessee
APSC
Juncus repens
APSC0098814 Moore Tennessee
APSC
Juncus repens
UOS07266 Franklin Tennessee 14 Oct 1985 R.K. Clements
 UOS
Juncus repens
UOS07267 Franklin Tennessee 10 Oct 2006 Erin Tyrell
 UOS
Juncus repens
31234100103132 Putnam Tennessee 02 Aug 1979 Botany 4045 field Teip Participants
s.n.		 EKY
Juncus repens
TENN-V-0062458 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Juncus repens
TENN-V-0062471 Franklin Tennessee
TENN
Juncus repens
TENN-V-0062464 Fentress Tennessee
TENN
Juncus repens
TENN-V-0062460 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Juncus repens
TENN-V-0062453 Coffee Tennessee
TENN
Juncus repens
TENN-V-0062475 Grundy Tennessee
TENN
Juncus repens
TENN-V-0062472 Giles Tennessee
TENN
Juncus repens
UOS07271 Franklin Tennessee 23 Jun 2006 Yolande M. Gottfried
 UOS
Juncus repens
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