Vascular Plant Herbarium

Vascular Plant Database Genus Results

Category: Monocots
Family Name: Juncaceae

Juncus - [maps | photos]

• Juncus acuminatus Michx.
  NWI TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: tapertip rush

• Juncus anthelatus (Wieg.) Brooks
  Common Name: poverty rush
  Synonyms:
  

         • Juncus tenuis Willd. var. anthelatus Wiegand

• Juncus biflorus Ell.
  NWI TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: bog rush
  Synonyms:
  

         • Juncus marginatus Rost. var. biflorus (Ell.) Torr.

• Juncus brachycarpus Engelm.
  NWI TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: whiteroot rush

• Juncus brachycephalus (Engelm.) Buch. (TN Special Concern)
  NWI TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: smallhead rush

• Juncus brachyphyllus Wieg. (TN Special Concern)
  Common Name: tuftedstem rush

• Juncus bufonius L.
  NWI TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: toad rush

• Juncus canadensis J. Gay ex Laharpe
  NWI TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: Canadian rush

• Juncus coriaceus Mackenzie
  NWI TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: leathery rush

• Juncus debilis A. Gray
  NWI TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: weak rush

• Juncus dichotomus Ell.
  NWI TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: forked rush
  Synonyms:
  

         • Juncus platyphyllus (Wieg.) Fernald

• Juncus diffusissimus Buckl.
  NWI TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: slimpod rush

• Juncus dudleyi Wieg.
  NWI TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: Dudley's rush

• Juncus effusus L.
  NWI TN: Facultative Wetland +
  Common Name: common rush

• Juncus elliottii Chapman (TN Special Concern)
  NWI TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: Elliott's rush

• Juncus filipendulus Buckl.
  NWI TN: Facultative +
  Common Name: ringseed rush

• Juncus gymnocarpus Coville
  NWI TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: Pennsylvania rush

• Juncus interior Wieg.
  NWI TN: Facultative Upland
  Common Name: inland rush

• Juncus longii Fern.
  NWI TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: Long's rush

• Juncus marginatus Rostk.
  NWI TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: grass-leaved rush

• Juncus nodatus Coville
  NWI TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: stout rush

• Juncus repens Michx.
  NWI TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: lesser creeping rush

• Juncus scirpoides Lam.
  NWI TN: Facultative Wetland +
  Common Name: needlepod rush

• Juncus secundus P. Beauv. Ex Poir.
  NWI TN: Facultative
  Common Name: lop-sided rush

• Juncus subcaudatus (Engelm.) Coville & S.F. Blake
  NWI TN: Facultative
  Common Name: woodland rush

• Juncus tenuis Willd.
  NWI TN: Facultative
  Common Name: path rush
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         • Juncus macer S.F. Gray

• Juncus torreyi Coville
  NWI TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: Torrey's rush

• Juncus trifidus L. (TN Endangered -Possibly Extirpated)
  NWI TN: Facultative Upland
  Common Name: highland rush
  Synonyms:
  

         • Juncus trifidus L. var. monanthos auct. non (Jacq.) Bluff & Fingerhuth

         • Juncus trifidus L. ssp. carolinianus Hamet-Ahti

• Juncus validus Coville
  NWI TN: Facultative Wetland +
  Common Name: roundhead rush
  Synonyms:
  

         • Juncus crassifolius Buch.

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*Non-native taxon known to be naturalized in Tennessee

All names & statuses follow the Guide to the Vascular Plants of Tennessee (2015).
Click here for a description of rare, threatened, or endangered (RTE) status & National Wetland Indicator (NWI) status.

If you have any questions or comments, please contact Dr. Jessica M. Budke or Margaret Oliver.