Juncaceae
Canadian rush
Juncus canadensis
- Family
- Juncaceae
- Genus
- Juncus
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Common names
By language (5)
- Arabic
- أسل كندي
- Dutch
- Canadese rus
- English
- Canadian rush
- French
- Jonc du canada
- German
- Kanadische Binse
Synonyms
- Juncus canadensis f. apertus Fernald
- Juncus canadensis f. canadensis
- Juncus canadensis f. conglobatus Fernald
- Juncus canadensis var. canadensis
- Juncus canadensis var. euroauster Fernald
- Juncus canadensis var. longicaudatus Engelm.
- Juncus canadensis var. paradoxus Farw.
- Juncus canadensis var. sparsiflorus Fernald
- Juncus longicaudatus (Engelm.) Mack.
Flowers
- Flower colour
- green (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Bonnie Semmling, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Zihao Wang, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: W Rao, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: S. Bellanger, Manual of the Alien Plants of Belgium, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Andre Hosper, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: S. Bellanger, Manual of the Alien Plants of Belgium, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: M. L. Fernald, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Erica Barkley, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Wayne D. Longbottom, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Branson Khounvichith, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: R. L.Schaeffer Jr., CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: John Kees, CC0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.