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  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Monocots
  5. Grasses, Sedges, Cattails, and Allies
  6. Rushes
  7. Wiwi
  8. Common Rush

subgenus

Common Rush

Agathryon

Includes
32 native 4 introduced 3 present
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Children

  • Juncotypus 15 native
  • Steirochloa 14 native
  • Common Rush 3 native

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Top native common rush All

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

  • Toad Rush Juncus bufonius caterpillars 10 food 24
  • Soft Rush Juncus effusus caterpillars 9 hosts 1 food 31 flowers 4
  • Slender Path Rush Juncus tenuis caterpillars 9 food 27
  • Thread Rush Juncus filiformis caterpillars 9 food 21
  • Saltmeadow Rush Juncus gerardi caterpillars 9 food 17
  • Dudley's Rush Juncus dudleyi caterpillars 9 food 16
  • Pylaie's Soft Rush Juncus pylaei caterpillars 9 food 13
  • Forked Rush Juncus dichotomus caterpillars 9 food 13
  • Secund Rush Juncus secundus caterpillars 9 food 13
  • Greater Poverty Rush Juncus anthelatus caterpillars 9 food 12
  • Greene's Rush Juncus greenei caterpillars 8 food 13
  • Baltic Rush Juncus balticus caterpillars 6 food 18
  • Spreading Rush Juncus patens caterpillars 6 food 15
  • Inland Rush Juncus interior caterpillars 6 food 13
  • Parry's Rush Juncus parryi caterpillars 6 food 12
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