Index / Search / Juncus arcticus
§1 Plant
Juncus arcticus Willd.
vernacular arctic rush — species · Juncaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Juncaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Juncus
§2a
Native status, by region
- AK Alaska Native
- CAN Canada Native
- GL Greenland Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Introduced
- SPM St. Pierre & Miquelon Native
§2b
County-level range
· 115 counties across 13 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 115 counties across 13 states/territories.
Alaska view state ↗ 22 N ▾
- Aleutians East 02013
- Aleutians West 02016
- Anchorage 02020
- Bethel 02050
- Chugach 02063
- Copper River 02066
- Denali 02068
- Dillingham 02070
- Fairbanks North Star 02090
- Haines 02100
- Juneau 02110
- Kenai Peninsula 02122
- Kodiak Island 02150
- Lake and Peninsula 02164
- Matanuska-Susitna 02170
- Nome 02180
- North Slope 02185
- Northwest Arctic 02188
- Sitka 02220
- Southeast Fairbanks 02240
- Yakutat 02282
- Yukon-Koyukuk 02290
Arizona view state ↗ 8 B ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 3 B ▾
Maine view state ↗ 10 B ▾
Maryland view state ↗ 1 B ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 10 B ▾
Montana view state ↗ 30 B ▾
- Beaverhead 30001
- Blaine 30005
- Broadwater 30007
- Carbon 30009
- Carter 30011
- Cascade 30013
- Daniels 30019
- Dawson 30021
- Fallon 30025
- Fergus 30027
- Gallatin 30031
- Golden Valley 30037
- Granite 30039
- Jefferson 30043
- Madison 30057
- McCone 30055
- Musselshell 30065
- Park 30067
- Petroleum 30069
- Phillips 30071
- Powell 30077
- Ravalli 30081
- Richland 30083
- Sheridan 30091
- Silver Bow 30093
- Sweet Grass 30097
- Teton 30099
- Valley 30105
- Wibaux 30109
- Yellowstone 30111
New Hampshire view state ↗ 2 B ▾
New York view state ↗ 17 B ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 7 B ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 1 B ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 3 B ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 1 B ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/JUAR2 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2701151 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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