Index / Search / Juncus torreyi
§1 Plant
Juncus torreyi Coville
vernacular Torrey's 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
§2b
County-level range
· 898 counties across 37 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Low
- Shade
- High
- Moisture use
- Medium
- Fire
- Medium
- Salinity
- Low
- Anaerobic
- Medium
- CaCO₃
- Low
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -38 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 85 min.
- Precipitation
- 14–50 in/yr
- pH range
- 4.5–6.5
- Root depth
- 10 in min.
- Fertility need
- Low
- Soil texture
- coarse, medium
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Rhizomatous
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Lifespan
- Long
- Mature height
- 3.1 ft
- Foliage texture
- Coarse
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Moderate
- 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
- Medium
- Seed begins
- Summer
- Seed ends
- Fall
- Spread rate
- Moderate
- Stratify
- No
- 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 898 counties across 37 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Arizona view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Colorado view state ↗ 27 N ▾
- Alamosa 08003
- Archuleta 08007
- Baca 08009
- Boulder 08013
- Cheyenne 08017
- Custer 08027
- Douglas 08035
- Eagle 08037
- El Paso 08041
- Jefferson 08059
- Kiowa 08061
- Kit Carson 08063
- Larimer 08069
- Las Animas 08071
- Logan 08075
- Mesa 08077
- Montezuma 08083
- Montrose 08085
- Morgan 08087
- Otero 08089
- Phillips 08095
- Saguache 08109
- San Juan 08111
- Sedgwick 08115
- Washington 08121
- Weld 08123
- Yuma 08125
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 83 N ▾
- Adams 17001
- Alexander 17003
- Bond 17005
- Boone 17007
- Brown 17009
- Carroll 17015
- Cass 17017
- Champaign 17019
- Christian 17021
- Clay 17025
- Coles 17029
- Cook 17031
- Crawford 17033
- Cumberland 17035
- De Witt 17039
- DeKalb 17037
- Douglas 17041
- DuPage 17043
- Edgar 17045
- Edwards 17047
- Effingham 17049
- Fayette 17051
- Ford 17053
- Franklin 17055
- Fulton 17057
- Gallatin 17059
- Grundy 17063
- Hamilton 17065
- Hancock 17067
- Hardin 17069
- Henderson 17071
- Henry 17073
- Iroquois 17075
- Jackson 17077
- Jefferson 17081
- Jo Daviess 17085
- Johnson 17087
- Kane 17089
- Kankakee 17091
- Kendall 17093
- Knox 17095
- Lake 17097
- LaSalle 17099
- Lawrence 17101
- Lee 17103
- Livingston 17105
- Logan 17107
- Macon 17115
- Macoupin 17117
- Marion 17121
- Marshall 17123
- Mason 17125
- McDonough 17109
- McHenry 17111
- McLean 17113
- Menard 17129
- Montgomery 17135
- Morgan 17137
- Moultrie 17139
- Peoria 17143
- Perry 17145
- Piatt 17147
- Pope 17151
- Putnam 17155
- Randolph 17157
- Richland 17159
- Rock Island 17161
- Saline 17165
- Sangamon 17167
- Schuyler 17169
- Scott 17171
- Shelby 17173
- St. Clair 17163
- Stark 17175
- Tazewell 17179
- Vermilion 17183
- Wabash 17185
- Washington 17189
- White 17193
- Will 17197
- Williamson 17199
- Winnebago 17201
- Woodford 17203
Indiana view state ↗ 39 N ▾
- Allen 18003
- Cass 18017
- Crawford 18025
- DeKalb 18033
- Fountain 18045
- Fulton 18049
- Gibson 18051
- Hancock 18059
- Hendricks 18063
- Henry 18065
- Howard 18067
- Jasper 18073
- Jefferson 18077
- Kosciusko 18085
- Lake 18089
- LaPorte 18091
- Lawrence 18093
- Madison 18095
- Marion 18097
- Miami 18103
- Monroe 18105
- Montgomery 18107
- Newton 18111
- Noble 18113
- Porter 18127
- Posey 18129
- Putnam 18133
- Randolph 18135
- Spencer 18147
- Starke 18149
- Sullivan 18153
- Tippecanoe 18157
- Tipton 18159
- Vermillion 18165
- Vigo 18167
- Wabash 18169
- Wayne 18177
- White 18181
- Whitley 18183
Iowa view state ↗ 22 N ▾
- Carroll 19027
- Cass 19029
- Fremont 19071
- Greene 19073
- Guthrie 19077
- Hancock 19081
- Harrison 19085
- Lyon 19119
- Mills 19129
- Monona 19133
- Montgomery 19137
- O'Brien 19141
- Page 19145
- Plymouth 19149
- Pottawattamie 19155
- Ringgold 19159
- Sioux 19167
- Taylor 19173
- Union 19175
- Washington 19183
- Webster 19187
- Woodbury 19193
Kansas view state ↗ 102 N ▾
- Allen 20001
- Anderson 20003
- Atchison 20005
- Barber 20007
- Barton 20009
- Bourbon 20011
- Brown 20013
- Butler 20015
- Chase 20017
- Chautauqua 20019
- Cherokee 20021
- Cheyenne 20023
- Clark 20025
- Clay 20027
- Cloud 20029
- Coffey 20031
- Comanche 20033
- Cowley 20035
- Crawford 20037
- Decatur 20039
- Dickinson 20041
- Doniphan 20043
- Douglas 20045
- Edwards 20047
- Elk 20049
- Ellis 20051
- Ellsworth 20053
- Finney 20055
- Ford 20057
- Franklin 20059
- Geary 20061
- Gove 20063
- Graham 20065
- Grant 20067
- Gray 20069
- Greeley 20071
- Greenwood 20073
- Hamilton 20075
- Harper 20077
- Harvey 20079
- Hodgeman 20083
- Jackson 20085
- Jefferson 20087
- Jewell 20089
- Johnson 20091
- Kingman 20095
- Kiowa 20097
- Labette 20099
- Lane 20101
- Leavenworth 20103
- Lincoln 20105
- Linn 20107
- Logan 20109
- Lyon 20111
- Marion 20115
- Marshall 20117
- McPherson 20113
- Meade 20119
- Miami 20121
- Mitchell 20123
- Montgomery 20125
- Morris 20127
- Morton 20129
- Nemaha 20131
- Neosho 20133
- Ness 20135
- Norton 20137
- Osage 20139
- Osborne 20141
- Ottawa 20143
- Pawnee 20145
- Phillips 20147
- Pottawatomie 20149
- Pratt 20151
- Rawlins 20153
- Reno 20155
- Republic 20157
- Rice 20159
- Riley 20161
- Rooks 20163
- Rush 20165
- Russell 20167
- Saline 20169
- Scott 20171
- Sedgwick 20173
- Seward 20175
- Shawnee 20177
- Sheridan 20179
- Sherman 20181
- Smith 20183
- Stafford 20185
- Stanton 20187
- Sumner 20191
- Thomas 20193
- Trego 20195
- Wabaunsee 20197
- Wallace 20199
- Washington 20201
- Wichita 20203
- Wilson 20205
- Woodson 20207
- Wyandotte 20209
Kentucky view state ↗ 18 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 17 N ▾
Maine view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Maryland view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 24 N ▾
- Allegan 26005
- Berrien 26021
- Chippewa 26033
- Huron 26063
- Ingham 26065
- Kalamazoo 26077
- Kent 26081
- Lapeer 26087
- Leelanau 26089
- Macomb 26099
- Manistee 26101
- Midland 26111
- Monroe 26115
- Muskegon 26121
- Newaygo 26123
- Ottawa 26139
- Presque Isle 26141
- Sanilac 26151
- St. Clair 26147
- St. Joseph 26149
- Tuscola 26157
- Van Buren 26159
- Washtenaw 26161
- Wayne 26163
Minnesota view state ↗ 42 N ▾
- Aitkin 27001
- Anoka 27003
- Becker 27005
- Big Stone 27011
- Blue Earth 27013
- Brown 27015
- Cass 27021
- Chippewa 27023
- Clay 27027
- Cottonwood 27033
- Dodge 27039
- Douglas 27041
- Faribault 27043
- Freeborn 27047
- Hennepin 27053
- Kandiyohi 27067
- Kittson 27069
- Lac qui Parle 27073
- Lincoln 27081
- Lyon 27083
- Mahnomen 27087
- Marshall 27089
- Martin 27091
- Mille Lacs 27095
- Murray 27101
- Nobles 27105
- Norman 27107
- Otter Tail 27111
- Pennington 27113
- Pipestone 27117
- Polk 27119
- Red Lake 27125
- Redwood 27127
- Scott 27139
- Sherburne 27141
- St. Louis 27137
- Stevens 27149
- Swift 27151
- Traverse 27155
- Waseca 27161
- Wilkin 27167
- Wright 27171
Mississippi view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 66 N ▾
- Adair 29001
- Audrain 29007
- Barry 29009
- Barton 29011
- Bates 29013
- Benton 29015
- Boone 29019
- Buchanan 29021
- Callaway 29027
- Carroll 29033
- Cass 29037
- Cedar 29039
- Chariton 29041
- Christian 29043
- Clark 29045
- Clay 29047
- Crawford 29055
- Dade 29057
- Dent 29065
- Douglas 29067
- Greene 29077
- Grundy 29079
- Harrison 29081
- Henry 29083
- Holt 29087
- Howell 29091
- Iron 29093
- Jackson 29095
- Jasper 29097
- Jefferson 29099
- Lafayette 29107
- Lawrence 29109
- Linn 29115
- Madison 29123
- Marion 29127
- McDonald 29119
- Mississippi 29133
- New Madrid 29143
- Newton 29145
- Osage 29151
- Ozark 29153
- Perry 29157
- Pettis 29159
- Phelps 29161
- Pike 29163
- Platte 29165
- Polk 29167
- Pulaski 29169
- Ralls 29173
- Randolph 29175
- Ray 29177
- Reynolds 29179
- Ripley 29181
- Schuyler 29197
- Shannon 29203
- St. Charles 29183
- St. Clair 29185
- St. Francois 29187
- St. Louis 29189
- Stoddard 29207
- Stone 29209
- Taney 29213
- Texas 29215
- Washington 29221
- Webster 29225
- Wright 29229
Montana view state ↗ 17 N ▾
Nebraska view state ↗ 66 N ▾
- Antelope 31003
- Banner 31007
- Blaine 31009
- Boyd 31015
- Brown 31017
- Buffalo 31019
- Burt 31021
- Butler 31023
- Cass 31025
- Chase 31029
- Cherry 31031
- Cheyenne 31033
- Clay 31035
- Cuming 31039
- Custer 31041
- Dawes 31045
- Dawson 31047
- Deuel 31049
- Dixon 31051
- Dodge 31053
- Douglas 31055
- Dundy 31057
- Franklin 31061
- Furnas 31065
- Gage 31067
- Garden 31069
- Grant 31075
- Hall 31079
- Harlan 31083
- Hitchcock 31087
- Holt 31089
- Hooker 31091
- Howard 31093
- Jefferson 31095
- Johnson 31097
- Kearney 31099
- Keith 31101
- Keya Paha 31103
- Kimball 31105
- Knox 31107
- Lancaster 31109
- Lincoln 31111
- Logan 31113
- Loup 31115
- Madison 31119
- Merrick 31121
- Morrill 31123
- Nance 31125
- Nemaha 31127
- Otoe 31131
- Pawnee 31133
- Phelps 31137
- Polk 31143
- Red Willow 31145
- Richardson 31147
- Rock 31149
- Sarpy 31153
- Saunders 31155
- Scotts Bluff 31157
- Sheridan 31161
- Sherman 31163
- Sioux 31165
- Thayer 31169
- Washington 31177
- Webster 31181
- Wheeler 31183
New Jersey view state ↗ 6 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 10 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 30 N ▾
- Albany 36001
- Bronx 36005
- Cayuga 36011
- Chautauqua 36013
- Chemung 36015
- Clinton 36019
- Columbia 36021
- Erie 36029
- Fulton 36035
- Genesee 36037
- Jefferson 36045
- Kings 36047
- Livingston 36051
- Madison 36053
- Monroe 36055
- Nassau 36059
- New York 36061
- Niagara 36063
- Oneida 36065
- Onondaga 36067
- Oswego 36075
- Rensselaer 36083
- Schenectady 36093
- St. Lawrence 36089
- Suffolk 36103
- Tioga 36107
- Tompkins 36109
- Ulster 36111
- Wayne 36117
- Wyoming 36121
North Carolina view state ↗ 1 N ▾
North Dakota view state ↗ 43 N ▾
- Barnes 38003
- Billings 38007
- Bottineau 38009
- Burke 38013
- Burleigh 38015
- Cass 38017
- Cavalier 38019
- Dickey 38021
- Divide 38023
- Dunn 38025
- Eddy 38027
- Emmons 38029
- Foster 38031
- Golden Valley 38033
- Grand Forks 38035
- Grant 38037
- Griggs 38039
- Kidder 38043
- LaMoure 38045
- Logan 38047
- McHenry 38049
- McIntosh 38051
- McKenzie 38053
- Mercer 38057
- Morton 38059
- Mountrail 38061
- Nelson 38063
- Oliver 38065
- Pembina 38067
- Ramsey 38071
- Ransom 38073
- Richland 38077
- Rolette 38079
- Sargent 38081
- Sheridan 38083
- Slope 38087
- Stark 38089
- Steele 38091
- Stutsman 38093
- Towner 38095
- Walsh 38099
- Ward 38101
- Williams 38105
Ohio view state ↗ 45 N ▾
- Adams 39001
- Allen 39003
- Ashtabula 39007
- Athens 39009
- Belmont 39013
- Brown 39015
- Butler 39017
- Champaign 39021
- Clark 39023
- Clermont 39025
- Clinton 39027
- Crawford 39033
- Cuyahoga 39035
- Delaware 39041
- Erie 39043
- Fairfield 39045
- Franklin 39049
- Gallia 39053
- Hamilton 39061
- Henry 39069
- Highland 39071
- Jackson 39079
- Knox 39083
- Lake 39085
- Licking 39089
- Logan 39091
- Lorain 39093
- Lucas 39095
- Madison 39097
- Marion 39101
- Morrow 39117
- Muskingum 39119
- Pickaway 39129
- Pike 39131
- Portage 39133
- Ross 39141
- Sandusky 39143
- Seneca 39147
- Stark 39151
- Summit 39153
- Trumbull 39155
- Union 39159
- Van Wert 39161
- Wayne 39169
- Wood 39173
Oklahoma view state ↗ 34 N ▾
- Alfalfa 40003
- Beaver 40007
- Bryan 40013
- Canadian 40017
- Cherokee 40021
- Cimarron 40025
- Cleveland 40027
- Comanche 40031
- Custer 40039
- Dewey 40043
- Grady 40051
- Grant 40053
- Greer 40055
- Harmon 40057
- Harper 40059
- Jefferson 40067
- Johnston 40069
- Kay 40071
- Kiowa 40075
- Logan 40083
- Marshall 40095
- McClain 40087
- Murray 40099
- Muskogee 40101
- Oklahoma 40109
- Osage 40113
- Ottawa 40115
- Payne 40119
- Pontotoc 40123
- Pottawatomie 40125
- Texas 40139
- Wagoner 40145
- Woods 40151
- Woodward 40153
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 12 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 18 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 73 N ▾
- Armstrong 48011
- Bandera 48019
- Bell 48027
- Bexar 48029
- Brazos 48041
- Brewster 48043
- Brown 48049
- Cameron 48061
- Carson 48065
- Childress 48075
- Coleman 48083
- Comanche 48093
- Concho 48095
- Cooke 48097
- Cottle 48101
- Crosby 48107
- Culberson 48109
- Dallas 48113
- Dickens 48125
- Donley 48129
- Edwards 48137
- El Paso 48141
- Franklin 48159
- Galveston 48167
- Garza 48169
- Gillespie 48171
- Gonzales 48177
- Gray 48179
- Grayson 48181
- Harris 48201
- Hartley 48205
- Hemphill 48211
- Hunt 48231
- Hutchinson 48233
- Jasper 48241
- Jeff Davis 48243
- Jefferson 48245
- Kerr 48265
- Lamar 48277
- Leon 48289
- Limestone 48293
- Lipscomb 48295
- Llano 48299
- Mason 48319
- McCulloch 48307
- McLennan 48309
- Medina 48325
- Menard 48327
- Motley 48345
- Nolan 48353
- Parker 48367
- Potter 48375
- Presidio 48377
- Randall 48381
- Real 48385
- Roberts 48393
- Robertson 48395
- Runnels 48399
- San Saba 48411
- Scurry 48415
- Stephens 48429
- Tarrant 48439
- Taylor 48441
- Throckmorton 48447
- Tom Green 48451
- Travis 48453
- Uvalde 48463
- Val Verde 48465
- Wheeler 48483
- Wichita 48485
- Williamson 48491
- Winkler 48495
- Zavala 48507
Vermont view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 7 N ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 31 N ▾
- Adams 55001
- Brown 55009
- Dane 55025
- Dodge 55027
- Douglas 55031
- Fond du Lac 55039
- Green 55045
- Green Lake 55047
- Jefferson 55055
- Kenosha 55059
- Kewaunee 55061
- La Crosse 55063
- Manitowoc 55071
- Marinette 55075
- Marquette 55077
- Milwaukee 55079
- Monroe 55081
- Oconto 55083
- Outagamie 55087
- Ozaukee 55089
- Portage 55097
- Racine 55101
- Rock 55105
- Sheboygan 55117
- Vernon 55123
- Walworth 55127
- Washington 55131
- Waukesha 55133
- Waupaca 55135
- Waushara 55137
- Winnebago 55139
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
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Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
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