Scientific Name: Juncus bufonius

Common Name: toad rush

Family Classification (Clade): Monocots

Family: Juncaceae

Form Description: Slender annual very variable in size and habit.

Height (m): 0.02 – 0.25

Flowers: Flowers solitary and distant, chestnut-brown.

Fruit: Papery capsule

Municipality
Break O’DayBrightonBurnieCentral CoastCentral HighlandsCircular HeadClarenceDerwent ValleyDevonportDorsetFlindersGeorge TownGlamorgan-Spring BayGlenorchyHobartHuon ValleyKentishKing IslandKingboroughLatrobeLauncestonMeander ValleyNorthern MidlandsSorellSouthern MidlandsTasmanWaratah-WynyardWest CoastWest Tamar
Plant Communities
RiparianSedgeland and Wetland
Habitat Notes

Frequent in all regions especially in damp areas at low altitudes e.g. wet fields, roadsides and margins of ponds.

Site Tolerance

Moist

Soil Tolerance

Clay, Loam, Poorly-drained, Sandy

Frost Tolerance

Tender

Propagation Calendar

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Propagation Method

Seed Information