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Weed Description: A short tufted plant growing in moist soil or along shorelines or a submersed aquatic plant usually found in shallow water. Creeping rush is primarily found in ditches and along the edges of ponds and lakes. |
Creeping Rush: Juncus repens
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Weed Description: A short tufted plant growing in moist soil or along shorelines or a submersed aquatic plant usually found in shallow water. Creeping rush is primarily found in ditches and along the edges of ponds and lakes. |
| Leaves: Tufted when growing out
of the water, but bright green and forming whorls of leaves at the nodes in submersed
plants. All leaves are linear in outline. Stems: In submersed plants, stems root at the nodes. Plants growing in moist soil and out of the water may range from 2 to 8 inches in height. Fruit: A capsule approximately 1/4 inch long. |
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Flowers: Occur in heads at the ends of stems. Flowers are green and inconspicuous, usually about 1/4 inch long. |
| Identifying Characteristics: The whorled, linear leaves and submersed or tufted growth habit helps to distinguish this weed from most other aquatic weed species. |  |