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§1 Plant
Juncus canadensis J. Gay ex Laharpe
vernacular Canadian rush — species · Juncaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Juncaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Juncus
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
- SPM St. Pierre & Miquelon Native
§2b
County-level range
· 513 counties across 32 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- None
- Shade
- Medium
- Moisture use
- Medium
- Fire
- High
- Salinity
- Medium
- Anaerobic
- High
- CaCO₃
- None
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -33 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 80 min.
- Precipitation
- 28–60 in/yr
- pH range
- 4.5–5.9
- Root depth
- 12 in min.
- Fertility need
- Low
- Soil texture
- coarse, medium, fine
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Bunch
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Lifespan
- Long
- Mature height
- 3.2 ft
- Foliage texture
- Fine
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Dense
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- Green
- Fruit colour
- Brown
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Mid Summer
- Seed abundance
- High
- Seed begins
- Summer
- Seed ends
- Fall
- Spread rate
- Moderate
- Stratify
- No
- Seeds / lb
- 4,535,925
- Propagation
- seed, bare root, sprigs
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- Routinely Available
- Nursery stock
- No
- Browse palatability
- Low
- Graze palatability
- Low
- Palatable, human
- No
- Protein potential
- Low
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 513 counties across 32 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 2 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 25 N ▾
- Bureau 17011
- Cass 17017
- Cook 17031
- Grundy 17063
- Hancock 17067
- Henry 17073
- Iroquois 17075
- Jackson 17077
- Kane 17089
- Kankakee 17091
- Knox 17095
- Lake 17097
- Lee 17103
- Massac 17127
- McHenry 17111
- Menard 17129
- Monroe 17133
- Ogle 17141
- Pope 17151
- Pulaski 17153
- Richland 17159
- Union 17181
- Wabash 17185
- Will 17197
- Winnebago 17201
Indiana view state ↗ 25 N ▾
- Allen 18003
- Cass 18017
- Delaware 18035
- Fulton 18049
- Hamilton 18057
- Jasper 18073
- Jefferson 18077
- Knox 18083
- Kosciusko 18085
- Lagrange 18087
- Lake 18089
- LaPorte 18091
- Marion 18097
- Marshall 18099
- Martin 18101
- Noble 18113
- Porter 18127
- Putnam 18133
- Ripley 18137
- St. Joseph 18141
- Starke 18149
- Steuben 18151
- Wabash 18169
- Wells 18179
- Whitley 18183
Iowa view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Maine view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Maryland view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 47 N ▾
- Bay 26017
- Berrien 26021
- Calhoun 26025
- Charlevoix 26029
- Cheboygan 26031
- Chippewa 26033
- Clare 26035
- Crawford 26039
- Delta 26041
- Emmet 26047
- Genesee 26049
- Grand Traverse 26055
- Gratiot 26057
- Houghton 26061
- Huron 26063
- Ingham 26065
- Ionia 26067
- Iosco 26069
- Iron 26071
- Jackson 26075
- Kalamazoo 26077
- Kalkaska 26079
- Kent 26081
- Keweenaw 26083
- Lake 26085
- Leelanau 26089
- Livingston 26093
- Macomb 26099
- Marquette 26103
- Midland 26111
- Monroe 26115
- Montcalm 26117
- Muskegon 26121
- Newaygo 26123
- Oakland 26125
- Otsego 26137
- Ottawa 26139
- Presque Isle 26141
- Roscommon 26143
- Schoolcraft 26153
- St. Clair 26147
- St. Joseph 26149
- Tuscola 26157
- Van Buren 26159
- Washtenaw 26161
- Wayne 26163
- Wexford 26165
Minnesota view state ↗ 20 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Nebraska view state ↗ 3 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 9 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 18 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 44 N ▾
- Albany 36001
- Allegany 36003
- Bronx 36005
- Cattaraugus 36009
- Chautauqua 36013
- Chemung 36015
- Chenango 36017
- Clinton 36019
- Columbia 36021
- Delaware 36025
- Dutchess 36027
- Erie 36029
- Essex 36031
- Franklin 36033
- Fulton 36035
- Genesee 36037
- Hamilton 36041
- Herkimer 36043
- Jefferson 36045
- Kings 36047
- Lewis 36049
- Monroe 36055
- Nassau 36059
- Oneida 36065
- Onondaga 36067
- Orange 36071
- Oswego 36075
- Putnam 36079
- Queens 36081
- Rensselaer 36083
- Richmond 36085
- Rockland 36087
- Saratoga 36091
- Schenectady 36093
- Seneca 36099
- St. Lawrence 36089
- Suffolk 36103
- Sullivan 36105
- Tioga 36107
- Ulster 36111
- Warren 36113
- Washington 36115
- Wayne 36117
- Westchester 36119
North Carolina view state ↗ 32 N ▾
- Avery 37011
- Beaufort 37013
- Bertie 37015
- Bladen 37017
- Brunswick 37019
- Carteret 37031
- Chowan 37041
- Columbus 37047
- Cumberland 37051
- Currituck 37053
- Dare 37055
- Duplin 37061
- Forsyth 37067
- Harnett 37085
- Hertford 37091
- Hyde 37095
- Iredell 37097
- Jones 37103
- Martin 37117
- Moore 37125
- New Hanover 37129
- Northampton 37131
- Pamlico 37137
- Pasquotank 37139
- Richmond 37153
- Scotland 37165
- Tyrrell 37177
- Wake 37183
- Washington 37187
- Wayne 37191
- Wilson 37195
- Yadkin 37197
Ohio view state ↗ 19 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 40 N ▾
- Allegheny 42003
- Armstrong 42005
- Beaver 42007
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Bucks 42017
- Butler 42019
- Carbon 42025
- Centre 42027
- Chester 42029
- Clearfield 42033
- Clinton 42035
- Crawford 42039
- Dauphin 42043
- Delaware 42045
- Erie 42049
- Fayette 42051
- Franklin 42055
- Huntingdon 42061
- Jefferson 42065
- Lackawanna 42069
- Lancaster 42071
- Lawrence 42073
- Lehigh 42077
- Lycoming 42081
- McKean 42083
- Mercer 42085
- Monroe 42089
- Montgomery 42091
- Northampton 42095
- Pike 42103
- Schuylkill 42107
- Somerset 42111
- Sullivan 42113
- Susquehanna 42115
- Tioga 42117
- Venango 42121
- Warren 42123
- Wayne 42127
- Wyoming 42131
Rhode Island view state ↗ 4 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 19 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 46 N ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Amelia 51007
- Augusta 51015
- Caroline 51033
- Charles City 51036
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Chesterfield 51041
- Cumberland 51049
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Essex 51057
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Gloucester 51073
- Goochland 51075
- Greensville 51081
- Hampton (city) 51650
- Henrico 51087
- Isle of Wight 51093
- James City 51095
- King and Queen 51097
- King George 51099
- King William 51101
- Lancaster 51103
- Louisa 51109
- Mathews 51115
- Middlesex 51119
- New Kent 51127
- Newport News (city) 51700
- Northampton 51131
- Northumberland 51133
- Nottoway 51135
- Orange 51137
- Page 51139
- Powhatan 51145
- Prince George 51149
- Richmond 51159
- Rockingham 51165
- Southampton 51175
- Spotsylvania 51177
- Stafford 51179
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Surry 51181
- Sussex 51183
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- Westmoreland 51193
- York 51199
West Virginia view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 48 N ▾
- Adams 55001
- Ashland 55003
- Bayfield 55007
- Brown 55009
- Burnett 55013
- Chippewa 55017
- Clark 55019
- Columbia 55021
- Dane 55025
- Douglas 55031
- Fond du Lac 55039
- Forest 55041
- Green 55045
- Green Lake 55047
- Iowa 55049
- Iron 55051
- Jackson 55053
- Jefferson 55055
- Kenosha 55059
- La Crosse 55063
- Langlade 55067
- Lincoln 55069
- Manitowoc 55071
- Marinette 55075
- Marquette 55077
- Menominee 55078
- Monroe 55081
- Oconto 55083
- Oneida 55085
- Outagamie 55087
- Ozaukee 55089
- Polk 55095
- Portage 55097
- Price 55099
- Racine 55101
- Richland 55103
- Rock 55105
- Sauk 55111
- Sawyer 55113
- Shawano 55115
- Vilas 55125
- Walworth 55127
- Washington 55131
- Waukesha 55133
- Waupaca 55135
- Waushara 55137
- Winnebago 55139
- Wood 55141
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/JUCA3 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/7765825 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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