This wetland perennial rush is generally known by many names such as common rush, mat rush or soft rush. It is found in bogs, marshes and swamps and is native over large portions of temperate climates of the world. Varieties can be found throughout the United States except for South Dakota, Wyoming, and Utah. The variety in NC is Juncus effusus spp. solutus . They prefer full sun but can tolerate some shade. Comon rush has no leaves, but the stems are attractive, upright, cylindrical, green and smooth from 12 - 36 inches in height and spreading in clumps. The late summer-blooming flowers are yellowish-green to brown in many-flowered cymes with an obovoid capsule following as fruit.
Curated pairwise relationships between this plant and others in the library — who feeds
whom, who competes, who confuses the pests. Green reads as a good pairing, red as one to avoid.
No curated interactions recorded for this species yet.
Also noted by NC State
Related species the NC State Plant Toolbox flags for this plant — look-alikes to tell
apart, and plants that play a similar role in a planting. Ones we carry in the library are linked.