Path Rush (Juncus tenuis)

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Known as “Path Rush” because it often grows in paths, trails, and compacted soils where few other plants survive.

Provides cover for small invertebrates, and its seeds may be eaten by small mammals and ground-feeding birds.

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Known as “Path Rush” because it often grows in paths, trails, and compacted soils where few other plants survive.

Provides cover for small invertebrates, and its seeds may be eaten by small mammals and ground-feeding birds.

Bloom: summer (1st year plants may bloom later in the fall)

Habitats: barren waste areas; foot paths with compacted soil (where it is especially common); gravelly margins of roadways; gravelly seeps; open woodlands; pastures and abandoned fields

Lifespan: perennial

Moisture: wet to mesic

Plant type (height): rush (4 to 12 inches)

Requirements: full sun to light shade

Soil: clay; clay-loam; gravelly soil