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Juncus subcaudatus (woodland rush)

Synonyms: Juncus canadensis var. subcaudatus (homotypic); Juncus subcaudatus var. planisepalus; Juncus subcaudatus var. subcaudatus

Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Medium-High
Screening - Summer [2]  Porous
Screening - Winter [2]  Porous
Bloom Period [2]  Mid Summer
Drought Tolerance [2]  None
Fire Tolerance [2]  High
Frost Free Days [2]  4 months 25 days
Fruit/Seed Abundance [2]  Medium
Fruit/Seed Begin [2]  Summer
Fruit/Seed End [2]  Fall
Growth Form [2]  Bunch
Growth Period [2]  Spring, Summer, Fall
Growth Rate [2]  Moderate
Leaf Type [3]  Evergreen
Lifespan [2]  Perennial
Propagation [2]  Bare Root, Seed, Sprig
Regrowth Rate [2]  Slow
Root Depth [2]  8 inches (20 cm)
Seed Spread Rate [2]  Moderate
Seed Vigor [2]  Medium
Shape/Orientation [2]  Decumbent
Structure [3]  Grass
Vegetative Spread Rate [2]  None
Flower Color [2]  Green
Foliage Color [2]  Green
Fruit Color [2]  Brown
Height [2]  28 inches (0.7 m)
Hardiness Zone Minimum [2]  USDA Zone: 6 Low Temperature: -10 F° (-23.3 C°) → 0 F° (-17.8 C°)
Light Preference [2]  Mostly Shady
Soil Acidity [2]  Mostly Acid
Soil Fertility [2]  Infertile
Water Use [2]  High

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory LTER Site Long Term Ecological Research   North Carolina, United States
Cumberland Gap National Hist. Park National Historical Park V 24282 Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, United States
Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site III 861 Pennsylvania, United States
Shenandoah National Park II 108221 Virginia, United States
Southern Appalachian Biosphere Reserve 37548505 North Carolina, Tennessee, 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