Scheuchzeriaceae
Rannoch-rush
Scheuchzeria palustris
Also known as Scheuchzeria generalis, Rannoch rush, Papillaria palustris, Marsh scheuchzeria
Native Plants · Bog Plant · Wetland · Peatland · Scheuchzeriaceae · Aquatic Margin · Conservation Plant · Acidic Soil · Rare Perennial · Northern Hemisphere · Specialist Plant
Rannoch-rush is a rare, specialist bog plant native to acidic, waterlogged peatlands across the Northern Hemisphere and is considered a conservation-significant species in many of its native ranges. It requires permanently saturated, nutrient-poor, acidic substrate such as sphagnum peat and is best grown in a dedicated bog garden or pond margin — it is not suited to typical garden or indoor conditions. This plant is best purchased for habitat restoration or highly specialised bog garden projects
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 5 hours
- Watering
- Keep substrate saturated or waterlogged at all times; suited to bog garden conditions · Continuously moist — do not allow to dry out
- Maintenance
- High
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 5.5–6.5
- Temperature
- -20°F to 85°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed, Cutting
Hardiness
USDA 5a-10b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 6 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Alaska, Alberta, Altay, Amur, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, British Columbia, Buryatiya, California, Central European Rus, China North-Central, China South-Central, Chita, Connecticut, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland
- Attracts
- Moths
Sources: trefle, usda
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