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Scientific Name Common Name(s) Family Name Generic Family Description FDA Rank1 FLEPPC Exotic2 Govt Exotic3
Rushes

Juncus dichotomus

forkedrush

JUNCACEAE

Rush

 

 

 

Juncus effusus solutus

soft rush, lamp rush

JUNCACEAE

Rush

 

 

 

Juncus elliotii

bog rush

JUNCACEAE

Rush

 

 

 

Juncus marginatus

grass-leaf rush

JUNCACEAE

Rush

 

 

 

Juncus megacephalus

big-head rush

JUNCACEAE

Rush

 

 

 

Juncus polycephalus

many-head rush

JUNCACEAE

Rush

 

 

 

Juncus repens

lesser creeping rush

JUNCACEAE

Rush

 

 

 

Juncus scirpoides

needle-pod rush

JUNCACEAE

Rush

 

 

 

             

1 Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services - Notes on Florida's Endangered and Threatened Plants - 3rd Ed.- 2000

E = endangered    T = threatened   CE = commercially exploited

2 Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council - 1999

I = Category I, species that are invading and disrupting native plant communities

II = Category II, species that have shown a potential to disrupt native plant communities

3 Government Rank

P = prohibited by FL Dept Env. Protection

N = Noxious weed as listed by the FL Dept. of Agriculture

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