Juncus effusus
(common rush, soft rush)
(common rush, soft rush)
Category: Grasses, Sedges and Rushes
Photo Credits: Courtesy Missouri Botanical Garden PlantFinder
Height: 12 – 24 inches
Spread: 36 inches
Location: Bottom
Native Status: NE
Comments & Cautions:
can be somewhat aggressive in good growing conditions; restrict root zone to control spread
Recommended For:
Bioretention and Rain Gardens
This plant prefers that the level of moisture in your soil be: Wet or Medium
This plant prefers Loam or Clay soil.
This plant DOES have a salt tolerance.
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Plant Form
clump-forming and spreading by rhizomes and seed
Foliage
cylindrical, dark green stems; no actual leaves; yellow in fall before frost; fine texture
Flowers
insignificant small, greenish-brown, scaly; July-September