| Scientific Name: | Juncus effusus |
| Common Name: | common rush, bog rush |
| Family Name: | Juncaceae |
| Origin: | Africa - northern, Central / west Asia, Europe, North America, South America |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 5: (-29 to -23 °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: | Waterside planting, 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-Jul |
| Fruit: | Capsule, Brown, Aug-Sep |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Compact rhizomes, stems rigid, upright, tubular, 40-130cm long x 3-6mm wide, dark-green, pith solid; leaves small, narrow, reduced to basal sheaths; cymes 3-12cm long, one sided, flowers 3-6mm long, yellowish-green to pale brown, Jul-Sep. | |