Scientific Name: Juncus effusus
Common Name: common rush, bog rush
Family Name: Juncaceae
Origin: Africa, Central / west Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Hardiness Zone: Zone 6: (-23 to -18 °C)
Plant Type: Aquatic plant, Poales (grass-like)
Mature Size: 0.7 - 1.3m x 1.0 - 1.5m (height x width)
Habit: Stiffly upright
Form: Vase
Texture: Fine
Landscape Uses: Wetland - bogs
Exposure: Full sun, Part sun/part shade
Soil or Media: Bog
Leaves: Simple, Basal, Soft flexible, Glabrous, Linear, Entire
Flowers: Flowers clustered, Green, Brown, Jun
Fruit: Capsule, Brown, Aug-Sep
Key ID Features:
Rigid, upright, about 80cm high; stems narrow, round, dark-green linear; leaves small, narrow, reduced to basal sheaths.