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Most habitat and range descriptions were obtained from Weakley's Flora.
Your search found 17 taxa in the family Juncaceae, Rush family, as understood by PLANTS National Database.
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Common Name:
Soft Rush, Common Rush
Weakley's Flora: (10/20/20) Juncus effusus ssp. solutus FAMILY: Juncaceae
INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Juncus effusus var. solutus FAMILY: Juncaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Juncus effusus 040-01-001 FAMILY: Juncaceae
Look for it in moist soil, marshes, margin of streams, ponds, lakes & swamps, low meadows
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Seep Rush, Beaked Rush, Pennsylvania Rush
Weakley's Flora: (4/13/22) Juncus gymnocarpus FAMILY: Juncaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Juncus gymnocarpus FAMILY: Juncaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Juncus gymnocarpus 040-01-002 FAMILY: Juncaceae
Look for it in bogs, seeps, on streambanks and riverbanks (especially just below waterfalls)
Rare
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Leathery Rush
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Juncus coriaceus FAMILY: Juncaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Juncus coriaceus FAMILY: Juncaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Juncus coriaceus 040-01-003 FAMILY: Juncaceae
Look for it in stream and pond margins, swamps, flatwoods, depressions, roadside ditches
Common (rare in Mountains)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Black Needlerush
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Juncus roemerianus FAMILY: Juncaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Juncus roemerianus FAMILY: Juncaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Juncus roemerianus 040-01-004 FAMILY: Juncaceae
Look for it in coastal tidal marshes, forming dense stands at and above mean high tide, above the Spartina alterniflora zone
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Path Rush, Poverty Rush
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Juncus tenuis FAMILY: Juncaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Juncus tenuis FAMILY: Juncaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Juncus tenuis 040-01-006 FAMILY: Juncaceae
Look for it in dry or moist soil along roadsides and paths, fields
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Forked Rush
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) Juncus dichotomus FAMILY: Juncaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Juncus dichotomus FAMILY: Juncaceae
INCLUDING Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Juncus dichotomus 040-01-008 & 011 FAMILY: Juncaceae
Look for it . It is often in disturbed, open, wet areas, ditches, wet meadows
Common in Coastal Plain & Piedmont (rare in Mountains)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Georgia Rush
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Juncus georgianus FAMILY: Juncaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Juncus georgianus FAMILY: Juncaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Juncus georgianus 040-01-010 FAMILY: Juncaceae
Look for it in shallow depressions in granitic outcrops
Rare, endemic to the Southeastern Piedmont
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name:
Grassleaf Rush
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Juncus marginatus FAMILY: Juncaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Juncus marginatus FAMILY: Juncaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Juncus marginatus 040-01-013 FAMILY: Juncaceae
Look for it in wet meadows, bogs, generally throughout in wet, sandy or peaty soil
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Redpod Rush
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) Juncus trigonocarpus FAMILY: Juncaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Juncus trigonocarpus FAMILY: Juncaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Juncus trigonocarpus 040-01-017 FAMILY: Juncaceae
Look for it on seepage slopes, in bogs, along stream margins, ditches
Common in Coastal Plain (rare in Piedmont)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name:
Somewhat-tailed Rush, Woodland Rush
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Juncus subcaudatus FAMILY: Juncaceae
INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Juncus subcaudatus var. subcaudatus FAMILY: Juncaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Juncus subcaudatus 040-01-020 FAMILY: Juncaceae
Look for it in bogs, mossy woods and other wet places
Common in NC, uncommon in SC, rare in GA
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Large-headed Rush, Bighead Rush
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) Juncus megacephalus FAMILY: Juncaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Juncus megacephalus FAMILY: Juncaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Juncus megacephalus 040-01-025 FAMILY: Juncaceae
Look for it in brackish and freshwater marshes, bogs, wet prairies, interdune swales, ditches, wet, open places
Uncommon
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Tapertip Rush
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Juncus acuminatus FAMILY: Juncaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Juncus acuminatus FAMILY: Juncaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Juncus acuminatus 040-01-029 FAMILY: Juncaceae
Look for it in damp soils
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name: Hairy Woodrush
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) Luzula acuminata var. acuminata FAMILY: Juncaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Luzula acuminata ssp. acuminata FAMILY: Juncaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Luzula acuminata var. acuminata 040-02-001a FAMILY: Juncaceae
Look for it in moist forests
Rare
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Carolina woodrush, Southern Hairy Woodrush
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Luzula acuminata var. carolinae FAMILY: Juncaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Luzula acuminata ssp. carolinae FAMILY: Juncaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Luzula acuminata var. carolinae 040-02-001b FAMILY: Juncaceae
Look for it in moist forests
Common (uncommon in GA Piedmont, rare in GA Coastal Plain)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name:
Common Woodrush
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Luzula multiflora var. multiflora FAMILY: Juncaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Luzula multiflora ssp. multiflora var. multiflora FAMILY: Juncaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Luzula multiflora 040-02-002 FAMILY: Juncaceae
Look for it in forests
Rare
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Bulbous Woodrush
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Luzula bulbosa FAMILY: Juncaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Luzula bulbosa FAMILY: Juncaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Luzula bulbosa 040-02-003 FAMILY: Juncaceae
Look for it in dry forests and fields
Common (rare in GA-SC Coastal Plain)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Hedgehog Woodrush, Spreading Woodrush
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Luzula echinata FAMILY: Juncaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Luzula echinata FAMILY: Juncaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Luzula echinata 040-02-004 FAMILY: Juncaceae
Look for it in forests, bogs
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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