Index / Search / Juncus nodosus
§1 Plant
Juncus nodosus L.
vernacular knotted 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
- AK Alaska Native
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 443 counties across 26 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Medium
- Shade
- High
- Moisture use
- Medium
- Fire
- Medium
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- Medium
- CaCO₃
- Medium
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -28 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 150 min.
- Precipitation
- 35–50 in/yr
- pH range
- 4–7.5
- Root depth
- 18 in min.
- Fertility need
- Medium
- Soil texture
- coarse, medium, fine
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Single Stem
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Lifespan
- Long
- Mature height
- 2 ft
- Foliage texture
- Coarse
- Foliage colour
- Dark Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Moderate
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- Green
- Fruit colour
- Brown
- Fire resistant
- Yes
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Summer
- Seed abundance
- Medium
- Seed begins
- Summer
- Seed ends
- Fall
- Spread rate
- Moderate
- Stratify
- No
- Propagation
- seed, sprigs
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- Routinely Available
- Nursery stock
- No
- Graze palatability
- Low
- Palatable, human
- No
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 443 counties across 26 states/territories.
Colorado view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 25 N ▾
- Boone 17007
- Christian 17021
- Coles 17029
- Cook 17031
- DeKalb 17037
- Douglas 17041
- DuPage 17043
- Fulton 17057
- Iroquois 17075
- Kane 17089
- Kankakee 17091
- Kendall 17093
- Lake 17097
- Lee 17103
- McHenry 17111
- Ogle 17141
- Peoria 17143
- Shelby 17173
- St. Clair 17163
- Vermilion 17183
- Washington 17189
- Will 17197
- Williamson 17199
- Winnebago 17201
- Woodford 17203
Indiana view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Maine view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 61 N ▾
- Alcona 26001
- Alger 26003
- Allegan 26005
- Alpena 26007
- Arenac 26011
- Baraga 26013
- Bay 26017
- Benzie 26019
- Berrien 26021
- Charlevoix 26029
- Cheboygan 26031
- Chippewa 26033
- Clare 26035
- Delta 26041
- Dickinson 26043
- Emmet 26047
- Genesee 26049
- Gladwin 26051
- Gogebic 26053
- Grand Traverse 26055
- Gratiot 26057
- Houghton 26061
- Huron 26063
- Ingham 26065
- Iosco 26069
- Jackson 26075
- Kalamazoo 26077
- Kalkaska 26079
- Kent 26081
- Keweenaw 26083
- Lapeer 26087
- Leelanau 26089
- Lenawee 26091
- Livingston 26093
- Luce 26095
- Mackinac 26097
- Macomb 26099
- Manistee 26101
- Marquette 26103
- Menominee 26109
- Midland 26111
- Monroe 26115
- Montcalm 26117
- Montmorency 26119
- Muskegon 26121
- Newaygo 26123
- Oakland 26125
- Ogemaw 26129
- Otsego 26137
- Ottawa 26139
- Presque Isle 26141
- Roscommon 26143
- Saginaw 26145
- Sanilac 26151
- Schoolcraft 26153
- Shiawassee 26155
- St. Clair 26147
- St. Joseph 26149
- Tuscola 26157
- Washtenaw 26161
- Wayne 26163
Minnesota view state ↗ 61 N ▾
- Aitkin 27001
- Anoka 27003
- Becker 27005
- Beltrami 27007
- Benton 27009
- Blue Earth 27013
- Brown 27015
- Carlton 27017
- Carver 27019
- Cass 27021
- Clay 27027
- Clearwater 27029
- Cook 27031
- Crow Wing 27035
- Dakota 27037
- Dodge 27039
- Douglas 27041
- Faribault 27043
- Fillmore 27045
- Goodhue 27049
- Hennepin 27053
- Houston 27055
- Hubbard 27057
- Itasca 27061
- Jackson 27063
- Kittson 27069
- Koochiching 27071
- Lac qui Parle 27073
- Lake 27075
- Lake of the Woods 27077
- Lincoln 27081
- Mahnomen 27087
- Marshall 27089
- McLeod 27085
- Meeker 27093
- Mille Lacs 27095
- Morrison 27097
- Mower 27099
- Murray 27101
- Nicollet 27103
- Nobles 27105
- Norman 27107
- Olmsted 27109
- Otter Tail 27111
- Pennington 27113
- Pipestone 27117
- Polk 27119
- Pope 27121
- Ramsey 27123
- Red Lake 27125
- Redwood 27127
- Roseau 27135
- Scott 27139
- Sherburne 27141
- St. Louis 27137
- Stearns 27145
- Todd 27153
- Washington 27163
- Wilkin 27167
- Winona 27169
- Wright 27171
Missouri view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Montana view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Nebraska view state ↗ 24 N ▾
- Blaine 31009
- Brown 31017
- Cass 31025
- Cherry 31031
- Cuming 31039
- Custer 31041
- Dawes 31045
- Dawson 31047
- Gage 31067
- Grant 31075
- Greeley 31077
- Holt 31089
- Hooker 31091
- Howard 31093
- Keith 31101
- Keya Paha 31103
- Lincoln 31111
- Loup 31115
- Nance 31125
- Sheridan 31161
- Sherman 31163
- Sioux 31165
- Thomas 31171
- Wheeler 31183
New Hampshire view state ↗ 5 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 5 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 4 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 41 N ▾
- Albany 36001
- Allegany 36003
- Cayuga 36011
- Chautauqua 36013
- Chemung 36015
- Clinton 36019
- Columbia 36021
- Dutchess 36027
- Erie 36029
- Essex 36031
- Franklin 36033
- Genesee 36037
- Herkimer 36043
- Jefferson 36045
- Livingston 36051
- Madison 36053
- Monroe 36055
- Montgomery 36057
- New York 36061
- Niagara 36063
- Oneida 36065
- Onondaga 36067
- Ontario 36069
- Orange 36071
- Oswego 36075
- Otsego 36077
- Rensselaer 36083
- Rockland 36087
- Saratoga 36091
- Seneca 36099
- St. Lawrence 36089
- Steuben 36101
- Suffolk 36103
- Sullivan 36105
- Tioga 36107
- Tompkins 36109
- Ulster 36111
- Warren 36113
- Washington 36115
- Wayne 36117
- Westchester 36119
North Dakota view state ↗ 24 N ▾
- Barnes 38003
- Billings 38007
- Bottineau 38009
- Burke 38013
- Cass 38017
- Cavalier 38019
- Divide 38023
- Eddy 38027
- Emmons 38029
- Foster 38031
- Grand Forks 38035
- Hettinger 38041
- McHenry 38049
- Mountrail 38061
- Nelson 38063
- Pembina 38067
- Ransom 38073
- Richland 38077
- Rolette 38079
- Sargent 38081
- Stark 38089
- Stutsman 38093
- Walsh 38099
- Ward 38101
Ohio view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 21 N ▾
- Allegheny 42003
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Blair 42013
- Bucks 42017
- Centre 42027
- Crawford 42039
- Cumberland 42041
- Erie 42049
- Huntingdon 42061
- Lancaster 42071
- Lawrence 42073
- Lehigh 42077
- Luzerne 42079
- Lycoming 42081
- Northampton 42095
- Philadelphia 42101
- Schuylkill 42107
- Warren 42123
- Wayne 42127
- Wyoming 42131
South Dakota view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 2 N ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 56 N ▾
- Adams 55001
- Ashland 55003
- Bayfield 55007
- Brown 55009
- Buffalo 55011
- Burnett 55013
- Calumet 55015
- Columbia 55021
- Crawford 55023
- Dane 55025
- Dodge 55027
- Door 55029
- Douglas 55031
- Dunn 55033
- Eau Claire 55035
- Florence 55037
- Fond du Lac 55039
- Forest 55041
- Grant 55043
- Green Lake 55047
- Jackson 55053
- Jefferson 55055
- Kenosha 55059
- Kewaunee 55061
- La Crosse 55063
- Langlade 55067
- Lincoln 55069
- Manitowoc 55071
- Marinette 55075
- Marquette 55077
- Menominee 55078
- Milwaukee 55079
- Oconto 55083
- Outagamie 55087
- Ozaukee 55089
- Pierce 55093
- Polk 55095
- Portage 55097
- Racine 55101
- Richland 55103
- Rock 55105
- Rusk 55107
- Sauk 55111
- Sawyer 55113
- Shawano 55115
- Sheboygan 55117
- St. Croix 55109
- Taylor 55119
- Vernon 55123
- Walworth 55127
- Washburn 55129
- Washington 55131
- Waukesha 55133
- Waupaca 55135
- Waushara 55137
- Winnebago 55139
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/JUNO2 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2701592 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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