List of plants known as rush

Common names for "rush" are usually related to a particular genus from a botanical family, for example:

Common names - British Isles

Common rush ( Juncus effusus )
Common club-rush

Rush family – Juncaceae

Genus – Juncus

Species – Juncus effusus[a][b]

Sedge family – Cyperaceae

Genus – Schoenoplectus

Species – Schoenoplectus lacustris[c][d][e]

Bulrush family – Typhaceae

Genus – Typha

Species – Typha latifolia[f][g]

Common names - North America

Rush family – Juncaceae

Genus – Juncus

Species – Juncus effusus

  • Common rush
  • Soft rush

Species – Juncus interior

  • Soft rush
  • Interior rush

Sedge family – Cyperaceae

Genus – Schoenoplectus

Species – Schoenoplectus acutus[h]

  • Tule
  • Common tule
  • Hardstem tule
  • Tule rush
  • Hardstem bulrush
  • Viscid bulrush

Bulrush family – Typhaceae

Genus – Typha

  • Reed
  • Cattail
  • Punks

Notes

  1. ↑ Prefers water logged ground [1]
  2. ↑ Used in medieval Europe for making rushlights [1]
  3. ↑ Prefers shallow water [1]
  4. ↑ Used for making pleated and woven products E.g baskets, mats. [1]
  5. ↑ Used in medieval Europe for Rushbearing [1]
  6. ↑ Prefers shallow water [2]
  7. ↑ Used for flower arrangements [2]
  8. ↑ The Northern Paiute people of the Carson Sink were known as the " Toi Ticutta " meaning " tule eaters " [4] [2]

Citations

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Mabey 1996, pp. 387–392.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Mabey 1996, p. 400.
  3. ↑ "Reedmace". plantlife.org.uk. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
  4. ↑ Wheat 1967, p. 0.

Sources

Books

  • Mabey, Richard (1996). Flora Britannica. Sinclair-Stevenson. ISBN 1-85619-377-2.
  • Wheat, Margaret (1967). Survival Arts of the Paiute people .
  • Plantlife Plantlife is a British conservation charity
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