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Top native Juncus effusus

6 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.

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6 native plants

Sun and shade

Light

Full sun 1

Soil and water

Moisture

Moist 1

Water use

Medium 1

Soil pH

Neutral 1

Toughness

Deer resistant

Yes 1

Resists

Wet soil 1

Form

Habit

Clumping 1 Erect 1 Spreading 1

Plant type

Ornamental grasses and sedges 2 Perennial 2 Herbaceous perennial 1
  • Soft Rush Juncus effusus caterpillars 9 hosts 1 food 31 flowers 4
  • Pylaie's Soft Rush Juncus pylaei caterpillars 9 food 13
  • Spreading Rush Juncus patens caterpillars 6 food 15
  • Lamp Rush Juncus hesperius caterpillars 3 food 7
  • Shiny Rush Juncus laccatus caterpillars 3 food 7
  • Klamath Rush Juncus exiguus

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