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PLANTS

Common rush

Juncus effusus

Plants
NativeHerbPerennialBrown flowers
Common rush, photo 1 of 5
Common rush, In flower
Common rush, In fruit
2.0 mHeight

Perennial herbaceous plant reaching 2.0 m. Grows in fields and near water.

There are 319 observations of Common rush in Québec, mostly in Côte-Nord, Estrie and Montérégie, and it has been reported in every region. They peak in June and July and become rare from December to May.

Through the year

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Where to see it

  1. Côte-Nord57
  2. Estrie53
  3. Montérégie35
  4. Capitale-Nationale35
  5. Laurentides29
  6. Chaudière-Appalaches17
  7. Outaouais17
  8. Centre-du-Québec13
  9. Mauricie13
  10. Abitibi-Témiscamingue12
  11. Lanaudière11
  12. Bas-Saint-Laurent8
  13. Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine7
  14. Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean6
  15. Montréal4
  16. Nord-du-Québec1
  17. Laval1

Habitat

FieldsBoaz Yoffe B Sc
Water’s edgepeupleloup

Similar species

Common rushJuncus conglomeratus
Common rushJuncus pylaei
Great bulrushSchoenoplectus tabernaemontani
Baltic rushJuncus balticus
Thread rushJuncus filiformis
Field rushJuncus tenuis
Hardstem bulrushSchoenoplectus acutus
Dwarf scouringrushEquisetum scirpoides
Common spikerushEleocharis palustris
Jointed rushJuncus articulatus
WoolgrassScirpus cyperinus