Plantae > Tracheophyta > Liliopsida > Poales > Juncaceae > Juncus > Juncus canadensis

Juncus canadensis (Canadian rush)

Synonyms:

Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Medium-High
Screening - Summer [2]  Dense
Screening - Winter [2]  Porous
Bloom Period [2]  Mid Summer
Drought Tolerance [2]  None
Fire Tolerance [2]  High
Frost Free Days [2]  80 days
Fruit/Seed Abundance [2]  High
Fruit/Seed Begin [2]  Summer
Fruit/Seed End [2]  Fall
Growth Form [2]  Bunch
Growth Period [2]  Spring, Summer, Fall
Growth Rate [2]  Rapid
Leaf Type [3]  Evergreen
Lifespan [2]  Perennial
Propagation [2]  Bare Root, Seed, Sprig
Regrowth Rate [2]  Slow
Root Depth [2]  12 inches (30 cm)
Seed Spread Rate [2]  Moderate
Seed Vigor [2]  Medium
Seeds Per [2]  4535916 / lb (9999991 / kg)
Shape/Orientation [2]  Erect
Structure [3]  Grass
Vegetative Spread Rate [2]  None
Flower Color [2]  Green
Foliage Color [2]  Green
Fruit Color [2]  Brown
Height [2]  39 inches (1 m)
Hardiness Zone Minimum [2]  USDA Zone: 3 Low Temperature: -40 F° (-40 C°) → -30 F° (-34.4 C°)
Light Preference [2]  Mixed Sun/Shade
Soil Acidity [2]  Mostly Acid
Soil Fertility [2]  Infertile
Water Use [2]  Moderate

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Chippewa Nature Center   Michigan, United States    
Edwin S. George Reserve 1297 Michigan, United States

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
♦ 2USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 3Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0