Juncus tenuis
(path rush)
(path rush)
Category: Grasses, Sedges and Rushes
Photo Credits: Robert H. Mohlenbrock, @ USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database/ USDA SCS. 1989. Midwest wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide to plant species. Midwest National Technical Center, Lincoln
Height: 6 – 12 inches
Spread: 18 inches
Location: Bottom, Sides
Native Status: NE
Comments & Cautions:
may naturalize readily and become weedy; more tolerant of drought and compaction than other rushes
Recommended For:
Bioretention and Rain Gardens
This plant prefers that the level of moisture in your soil be: Wet
This plant prefers Loam or Clay soil.
The plant DOES NOT have a salt tolerance.
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Plant Form
mounded or tufted with arching flower stems
Foliage
narrow, bright green, grass-like leaves in basal tufts; turns brown with frost; fine texture
Flowers
not significant; small greenish or brownish flowers in dense spikes or heads; May-July