BC Conservation Data Centre: Species Summary
Juncus regelii
Regel's rush
| Scientific Name: | Juncus regelii Buch. | ||||||||||
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| English Name: | Regel's rush | ||||||||||
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| Scientific Name - Concept Reference: | Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR. | ||||||||||
| Classification Level: | Species | ||||||||||
| Species Group: | Vascular Plant | ||||||||||
| Species Code: | JUNCREG | ||||||||||
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| Global Status: | G4 (Jun 2016) | ||||||||||
| Provincial Status: | S4 (Mar 2022) | ||||||||||
| BC List: | Yellow | ||||||||||
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| General Status Canada: | 3 - Sensitive (2010) | ||||||||||
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| Global Habitat Comments: | Mountain meadows and other alpine habitats often with conifer stands. Along streams and in montaine coniferous forests, 2750-3060 m. | ||||||||||
| Provincial Phenology: (1st half of month/ 2nd half of month) |
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| Endemic: | N | ||||||||||
| Global Range Comment: | NV (found near Incline at Lake Tahoe, Sierra Nevada Range south of Reno, east to Skull Creek Canyon and Pine Creek Campground), BC to WA, CA, UT (Duchesne, Salt Lake, Wasatch counties), CO (Rocky Mts.), WY. | ||||||||||
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Douglas, G.W. 2004. Excel spreadsheet on 2004 field work done in southern BC by Douglas Ecological Consultants Ltd. (G.W. Douglas, S. Smith, J. Fenneman and H. Janszen). |
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Douglas, G.W., D. Meidinger, and J. Penny. 2002. Rare Native Vascular Plants of British Columbia, 2nd ed. B.C. Conserv. Data Centre, Terrestrial Inf. Branch, Victoria. 358pp. |
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Douglas, G.W., D. Meidinger, and J. Pojar, eds. 2001. Illustrated Flora of British Columbia, Vol. 6, Monocotyledons (Acoraceae through Najadaceae). B.C. Minist. Environ., Lands and Parks, and B.C. Minist. For., Victoria, BC. 361pp. |
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Please visit the website Conservation Status Ranks for definitions of the data fields used in this summary report.
Suggested Citation:
B.C. Conservation Data Centre. Species Summary: Juncus regelii. B.C. Minist. of Environment. Available: https://a100.gov.bc.ca/pub/eswp/ (accessed Jun 5, 2026).