Juncus patens - Common rush

Common rush (Juncus patens) is a clumping perennial rush native to seeps, springs and riparian habitat from Oregon to Baja California. It grows 0.5-1 m tall and wide.¹

Inputs

• Hardiness zone 6¹
• Hardiness zone 7¹
• Hardiness zone 8¹
• Hardiness zone 9¹
• Hardiness zone 10¹
• Wet soil¹

Type

• Herb
• Perennial

Functions

• Fire resistance²

Dimension	At maturity
Height (m)	0.5-1
Diameter (m)	0.5-1

Footnotes

1. Juncus patens, Common Rush | Las Pilitas Nursery Native Plant Database ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷

2. Leaf burn times of California native plants, Las Pilitas Nursery, 2005 propane-torch ignition trial, live-leaf ignition time >60 seconds ↩