hard rush
Scientific name:Juncus inflexus
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Flowering time: May to July
Height: to 1m
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Description
The grey-green, rigid stems of hard rush are a distinctive feature of damp ground. These stems were used for basket-making and weaving in times past.
How to identify: Hard rush has tall, rigid, grey-green stems without leaves; they are stiffer and more brittle than those of the similar Soft rush. Its brown flowers are borne in loose clusters.
How to propagate: Hard rush can produce as many as 200,000 seeds per plant, which are dispersed by the wind. As with many sedges and rushes, it can spread also using rhizomes (underground stems).
Family:
Other common names;
Flowering time: May to July
Height: to 1m
Growing conditions:
Nectar source for:
Food source for:
Description
The grey-green, rigid stems of hard rush are a distinctive feature of damp ground. These stems were used for basket-making and weaving in times past.
How to identify: Hard rush has tall, rigid, grey-green stems without leaves; they are stiffer and more brittle than those of the similar Soft rush. Its brown flowers are borne in loose clusters.
How to propagate: Hard rush can produce as many as 200,000 seeds per plant, which are dispersed by the wind. As with many sedges and rushes, it can spread also using rhizomes (underground stems).