



Common names: Creeping rush, Lesser creeping rush
Botanical name: Júncus répens Michx.
Family: Juncaceae
Genus: Juncus
Difficulty: easy
Usage: Background, Midground, Foreground, group
Growth: fast
pH value: 5-7pH
Temperature tolerance: 4-28C
Carbonate hardness: 0-14°dKH
General hardness: 0-30°dGH
Propagation: Cuttings, Splitting, cutting off daughter plants
Juncus
repens originates from swampy areas of south-east North America. This
grasslike plant is rather undemanding in cultivation. It grows stems.
Under unhindered light and with a good dose of micronutrients, this
plant assumes a reddish-brown hue. Under moderate light, it has a
pleasant green. Its moderate but constant growth makes Juncus repens an
easy-to-handle plant, even though it is a little susceptible for green
spot algae. It is propagated by cuttings like other stem plants.
Even
though other members of the rush family Juncaceae are popular plants
for ponds or their edges, Juncus repens, the lesser creeping rush, is
their only representative used in aquaria so far. Its habit is quite
unique, as it looks like a mixture of stem and rosulate plant. Its
flattish stem is interrupted by tufts of numerous narrow, pointed leaves
in regular distances.
This rush species is quite common the
southeast of the US, where it is found growing emersed as well as
submersed. Even though it is not frequently found in trade in its
country of origin, it is readily available for European hobbyists.
The
overall requirements of J. repens are easy to meet, and the plant does
well in a multitude of different setups, it grows equally well under low
light as under strong light. Given unhindered exposure to light and a
good supply of micronutrients, the plant assumes a reddish hue. Under
lesser light, it is of a beautiful green. Its moderate but constant
growth rate makes it easy to work with, however, for the same reason it
is a tad susceptible to green spot algae. Propagation is best done by
cutting off the upper part of a shoot under a leaf cluster and
replanting it. The new plant does not have to have roots.
Juncus
repens is a variable species and offers diverse possibilities for
decorating a tank - as a "filler" plant or as background plant for
aquaria of any size and style. However, it can be used as an accent for
the middle ground, too. It is even suitable for the foreground when kept
short by trimming.




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