trefle.io · Taken Jun 8, 2018 by Tela Botanica − Liliane ROUBAUDI (cc-by-sa)
Juncaceae
Heath rush
Juncus squarrosus
Also known as Heath wood-rush, Juncus squarrosus, Mossy rush, Juncus squarrosus subsp. ellmanii
Native Plants · Rush · Bog Plant · Moorland · Heathland · Acidic Soil · Wetland · Perennial · Grass-Like · Native · Low Maintenance
Heath rush is a tough, wiry perennial sedge-like plant well adapted to acidic, damp, and nutrient-poor soils, making it ideal for bog gardens or naturalistic moorland plantings. It requires very little care once established and is well suited to full sun or partial shade in consistently moist conditions. Avoid dry or alkaline soils, as it naturally grows on peaty heathlands and moorlands.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 5 hours
- Watering
- Water moderately; tolerates wet conditions and is suited to naturally moist or boggy ground · Every 7-14 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil pH
- 3–4
- Cycle
- Perennial
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Spacing
- 12 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Flowers
- No
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greenland, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, North European Russi, Northwest European R
- Attracts
- Birds
Sources: trefle, usda
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