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Plant Habit: Grass/Grass-like
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Wet
Wet Mesic
Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
Uses: Groundcover
Will Naturalize
Resistances: Tolerates foot traffic
Humidity tolerant
Propagation: Seeds: Stratify seeds: 2 months cold moist treatment
Depth to plant seed: Seed is tiny. Plant on soil surface and keep moist.
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Pollinators: Wind
Miscellaneous: Tolerates poor soil

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Common names
  • Slender Rush
  • Poverty Rush
  • Path Rush
  • Yard Rush

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Location: Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge, Minnesota
Date: 07/03/2022
photo by Brett Whaley via Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/b
Location: Bozeman, Montana
Date: 07/09/2017
photo by Matt Lavin via Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/pla

Date: c. 1913
illustration from Britton and Brown's 'An illustrated Flora of th
Location: Millersville MD
Date: 2024-05-27
Is spreading in my shade garden.
Comments:
  • Posted by sallyg (central Maryland - Zone 7b) on Jun 4, 2024 5:39 PM concerning plant:
    I am seeing clumps of this rush in my shaded garden area. I will experiment with it as a clumping grass for the natural garden. Native to North America.

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