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  1. Life
  2. Plants
  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Monocots
  5. Grasses, Sedges, Cattails, and Allies
  6. Rushes
  7. Wiwi
  8. Juncus effusus
  9. Spreading Rush

species 5,688 observations

Spreading Rush

Juncus patens

Status
native
Traits
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Supports All

21 native animals
supported in the US
  • Caterpillars Moths and butterflies raised on it Putnam's Looper Moth, Javelin Moth, Jutta Arctic, Mottled Marble 6
  • Plant eaters Animals that feed on it Yellowish Planthopper, Snow Bunting, Waterlily Aphid, Greater White-fronted Goose 15

Range

United States

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

Key traits

Layer
Grasses and sedges
Plant type
Ornamental grasses and sedges Perennial

From USDA PLANTS.

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