The " Martian " flora: new collections of vascular plants, lichens, fungi, algae, and cyanobacteria from the Mars Desert Research Station, Utah Author Sokoloff, Paul C. Author Freebury, Colin E. Author Hamilton, Paul B. Author Saarela, Jeffery M. text Biodiversity Data Journal 2016 4 8176 8176 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.4.e8176 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.4.e8176 1314-2828--8176 Juncus bufonius L. Materials Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordNumber: 265; recordedBy: Sokoloff, Paul C. ; Taxon: scientificName: Juncusbufonius L.; kingdom: Plantae; phylum: Angiosperms; class: Monocots; order: Poales; family: Juncaceae; genus: Juncus; specificEpithet: bufonius; taxonRank: Species; scientificNameAuthorship: L.; Location: continent: North America; country: United States of America ; countryCode: USA; stateProvince: Utah; county: Wayne County; municipality: Hanksville; locality: Mars Desert Research Station ; verbatimLocality: Dry streambed approx 500 m northeast of Mars Desert Research Station "hab"; verbatimElevation: 1371 m ; verbatimLatitude: 38°24'27.7"N ; verbatimLongitude: 110°47'20"W ; coordinateUncertaintyInMeters: 50; Identification: identifiedBy: Sokoloff, Paul C. ; dateIdentified: 2015; Event: verbatimEventDate: November 20, 2014 ; habitat: Summit of rocky hill; Record Level: institutionID: CMN; collectionID: CAN 607487; collectionCode: CAN, UTC ; basisOfRecord: Preserved Specimen Notes Harris (1983) did not record this species within the nearby San Rafael Swell, but it is reported for both the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area ( Hill and Ayers 2009 ), and Capitol Reef National Park ( Fertig 2009 ). Though common throughout North America ( Brooks and Clemants 2000 ), it is seemingly uncommon in the vicinity of MDRS; this species was only encountered on one low dune directly northeast of the station. Supplemental File: CAN 607487 (Suppl. material 52).