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Juncus dichotomus
FORKED RUSH
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park
			Record Status: Approved
Occurrence:	Present
Nativeness:	Native
Abundance:	Unknown

Scientific Name with Authority:		Juncus dichotomus Elliott
Park Preferred Common Name(s):		FORKED RUSH
Park Synonyms:

Taxonomic Hierarchy:		Kingdom Plantae, Phylum Tracheophyta, Subphylum Spermatophytina, Order Poales, Family Juncaceae, Genus Juncus, Species Juncus dichotomus


Park Tags:
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Threatened/Endangered Status:
State Species of Concern Status:
Ozone-sensitive Status:
NatureServe Global Rank:		G5
NatureServe State Rank:		DC: SNR; MD: SNR; VA: S5; WV: S1
Evidence:		0 Observations, 0 Vouchers, 1 Data Store References, 0 External Links


Other Parks Where Species is Listed:
Acadia National Park	Appomattox Court House National Historical Park
Arkansas Post National Memorial	Assateague Island National Seashore
Blue Ridge Parkway	Bluestone National Scenic River
Cape Cod National Seashore	Cape Hatteras National Seashore
Cape Lookout National Seashore	Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site
Catoctin Mountain Park	Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area
Colonial National Historical Park	Congaree National Park
Cumberland Island National Seashore	Fire Island National Seashore
Fort Caroline National Memorial	Fort Matanzas National Monument
Fort Pulaski National Monument	George Washington Birthplace National Monument
Great Falls Park	Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Gulf Islands National Seashore	Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site
Manassas National Battlefield Park	Moores Creek National Battlefield
Natchez Trace Parkway	Petersburg National Battlefield
Prince William Forest Park	Shenandoah National Park
Stones River National Battlefield	Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve


Last Modified Date:	7/25/2007

NPSpecies - The National Park Service biodiversity database. IRMA Portal version.https://irma.nps.gov/npspecies. Accessed 10/7/2025 3:37:45 PM

NatureServe Global Rank and State Rank

NatureServe. 2017. NatureServe Web Service. Arlington, VA. U.S.A. Available http://services.natureserve.org. Accessed: 12/4/2017. Updated quarterly.

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