Taper Tip Rush

Juncus acuminatus

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Plant type: Grass
Size: 2 - 3 ft tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Purple
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Standing

Spiny Rush

Juncus acutus

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Plant type: Grass
Size: 5 ft tall , 5 ft wide
Form: Fountain
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Brown
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Moderate

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Keep moist

Watering
Soil drainage

Slow, Standing

Leopold's Rush

Juncus acutus ssp. leopoldii

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Plant type: Grass
Size: 5 ft tall
Flower Color: Brown
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Moderate

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow, Standing

Jointed Rush

Juncus articulatus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Size: 2 ft tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Purple, Green, Brown
Flowering season: Summer
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Watering
Soil drainage

Standing

Jointed Rush

Juncus articulatus ssp. articulatus

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Plant type: Grass
Flower Color: Brown
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Watering
Soil drainage

Standing

Baltic Rush

Juncus balticus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Size: 3 ft tall
Form: Fountain
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Brown
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
Bats
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade

Water
Water

Moderate, High

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Keep moist

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow, Standing

Baltic Rush

Juncus balticus ssp. ater

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Plant type: Grass
Flower Color: Brown
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Watering
Soil drainage

Standing

Bolander's Rush

Juncus bolanderi

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Size: 3 ft tall
Flower Color: Brown
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Standing

Salt

Juncus breweri

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Plant type: Grass
Size: 4 ft tall
Flower Color: Brown
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Watering
Soil drainage

Standing

Moss Rush

Juncus bryoides

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Size: 0.8 in tall
Flower Color: Red
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Toad Rush

Juncus bufonius

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Size: 1 ft tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Green
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Moderate, High

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Keep moist

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Toad Rush

Juncus bufonius var. bufonius

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Plant type: Grass
Size: 1 ft tall
Flower Color: Brown
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Watering
Soil drainage

Standing

Clustered Toad Rush

Juncus bufonius var. congestus

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Plant type: Grass
Size: 1 ft tall
Flower Color: Brown
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Watering
Soil drainage

Standing

Western Toad Rush

Juncus bufonius var. occidentalis

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Plant type: Grass
Flower Color: Brown
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Watering
Soil drainage

Standing

Hairstemmed Rush

Juncus capillaris

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Flower Color: Brown
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Watering
Soil drainage

Standing

Greenheaded Rush

Juncus chlorocephalus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Flower Color: Brown
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Colorado Rush

Juncus confusus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Size: 1 - 2 ft tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Brown
Flowering season: Summer
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Cooper's Rush

Juncus cooperi

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Size: 3 ft tall
Flower Color: Green, Brown
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Coville's Rush

Juncus covillei

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Size: 10 in tall
Flower Color: Green, Brown
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Finger Rush

Juncus digitatus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Size: 4 in tall
Flower Color: Brown
Wildlife supported:

Drummond's Rush

Juncus drummondii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Size: 10 - 18 in tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Slow
Flower Color: Brown, Green
Flowering season: Summer
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Dubius Rush

Juncus dubius

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Size: 2 ft tall
Flower Color: Brown
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade

Water
Water

Moderate, High

Watering
Soil drainage

Standing

Dudley's Rush

Juncus dudleyi

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Size: 2 ft tall
Flower Color: Brown
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade

Watering
Soil drainage

Standing

Duran's Rush

Juncus duranii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Flower Color: Brown
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Watering
Soil drainage

Standing

Soft Rush

Juncus effusus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Size: 5 - 7 ft tall , 3 ft wide
Form: Upright, Fountain
Growth rate: Fast, Moderate
Flower Color: Brown
Flowering season: Summer
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
Bats
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade

Water
Water

Moderate, High

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 1x / week once established

Watering
Soil drainage

Slow, Standing

Corkscrew Rush

Juncus effusus 'Spiralis'

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Plant type: Grass
Size: 1 - 3 ft tall
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
Bats
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade

Water
Water

Moderate, High

Sonoran

Juncus effusus ssp. austrocalifornicus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Flower Color: Brown
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Pacific Rush

Juncus effusus ssp. pacificus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Flower Color: Brown
Wildlife supported:
Bats
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Moderate, High

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow, Standing

Three Stamened Rush

Juncus ensifolius

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Size: 8 - 24 in tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Purple, Brown, Black
Flowering season: Summer
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade

Watering
Soil drainage

Standing

Klamath

Juncus exiguus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Flower Color: Brown
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Watering
Soil drainage

Standing

Falcate Rush

Juncus falcatus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Size: 1 ft tall
Flower Color: Brown
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Sickleleaved Rush

Juncus falcatus ssp. falcatus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Flower Color: Brown
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Alaskan Sickleleaved Rush

Juncus falcatus ssp. sitchensis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Flower Color: Brown
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Herman's Dwarf Rush

Juncus hemiendytus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Size: 1 in tall
Flower Color: Red
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Center Basin Rush

Juncus hemiendytus var. abjectus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Flower Color: Brown
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Hermann's Dwarf Rush

Juncus hemiendytus var. hemiendytus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Flower Color: Brown
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Bog Rush

Juncus hesperius

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Size: 4 ft tall
Flower Color: Brown
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Moderate, High

Watering
Soil drainage

Standing

Howell's Rush

Juncus howellii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Size: 2 ft tall
Flower Color: Green, Brown
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Inland Rush

Juncus interior

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Flower Color: Brown
Wildlife supported:

Kellogg's Dwarf Rush

Juncus kelloggii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Flower Color: Brown
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Shiny Rush

Juncus laccatus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Flower Color: Brown
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Red Bluff Dwarf Rush

Juncus leiospermus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Size: 4 in tall
Flower Color: Red
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Ahart's Dwarf Rush

Juncus leiospermus var. ahartii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Flower Color: Brown
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Red Bluff Dwarf Rush

Juncus leiospermus var. leiospermus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Flower Color: Brown
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

San Francisco Rush

Juncus lescurii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Flower Color: Brown
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Long Styled Rush

Juncus longistylis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Size: 1 - 2 ft tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Green
Flowering season: Summer
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Santa Lucia Dwarf Rush

Juncus luciensis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Flower Color: Yellow, Green
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Long-anthered Rush

Juncus macrandrus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Flower Color: Brown
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Long-leaved Rush

Juncus macrophyllus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Size: 3 ft tall
Flower Color: Brown
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Mertens' Rush

Juncus mertensianus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Size: 11 - 18 in tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Purple, Yellow, Red, Brown, Black
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Mexican Rush

Juncus mexicanus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Size: 4 - 31 in tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Fast, Moderate
Flower Color: Green, Brown
Flowering season: Spring
Dormancy: Evergreen, Summer Semi-deciduous
Wildlife supported:
Bats
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade

Water
Water

Moderate

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Keep moist

Watering
Soil drainage

Slow, Standing

Brownhead Rush

Juncus nevadensis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Size: 4 - 28 in tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Brown
Flowering season: Spring
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Moderate, High

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Keep moist

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Dune Rush

Juncus nevadensis var. inventus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Flower Color: Brown
Wildlife supported:

Nevada

Juncus nevadensis var. nevadensis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Flower Color: Brown
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Knotted Rush

Juncus nodosus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Size: 2 ft tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Green, Brown
Flowering season: Summer
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Watering
Soil drainage

Standing

Slender Juncus Rush

Juncus occidentalis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Size: 1 - 2 ft tall
Flower Color: Brown
Wildlife supported:
Bats
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Moderate, High

Straightleaf Rush

Juncus orthophyllus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Size: 2 ft tall
Flower Color: Brown
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Watering
Soil drainage

Standing

Pointed Rush

Juncus oxymeris

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Size: 2 ft tall
Flower Color: Brown
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Moderate, High

Parry's Rush

Juncus parryi

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Size: 1 ft tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Slow
Flower Color: Brown
Flowering season: Summer
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Common Rush

Juncus patens

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Size: 1 - 3 ft tall , 3 ft wide
Form: Fountain
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Red, Brown
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Moderate, High

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Watering
Soil drainage

Slow, Standing