Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Juncus repens
FAMILY
Juncaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Of members of section Graminifolii, this species is distinctive in forming low, dense grass-like carpets, often merely vegetative and submersed, per Weakley's Flora (2023).
Learn more from Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Juncus repens
FAMILY
Juncaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Juncus repens
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 22 (2000)
Juncus repens
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Juncus repens
SYNONYMOUS WITH Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Juncus repens
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 040-01-012:
Juncus repens FAMILY Juncaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Juncus repens
COMMON NAME:
Creeping Rush
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Juncus repens
FAMILY
Juncaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Juncus repens
FAMILY
Juncaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Juncus repens
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 22
Juncus repens
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Juncus repens
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Juncus repens
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 040-01-012:
Juncus repens
FAMILY
Juncaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Juncus repens
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