Scientific Name: Juncus filicaulis

Common Name: thread rush

Family Classification (Clade): Monocots

Family: Juncaceae

Form Description: A slender rhizomatous perennial forming small tufts.

Height (m): 0.15 – 0.3

Flowers: Green, reddish-brown, red-brown.

Fruit: Papery capsule

Municipality
Break O’DayBrightonCentral CoastCentral HighlandsClarenceDerwent ValleyDorsetGlamorgan-Spring BayGlenorchyKentishKing IslandKingboroughLatrobeLauncestonMeander ValleyNorthern MidlandsSorellSouthern MidlandsWest Coast
Plant Communities
Alpine and Sub-alpine VegetationGrasslandSedgeland and Wetland
Habitat Notes

Local in King Island, Midlands and in alpine and sub-alpine grasslands of the Central Highlands.

Site Tolerance

Exposed, Moist, Waterlogged

Soil Tolerance

Clay, Fertile, Loam, Nutrient-poor, Poorly-drained, Sandy, Well-drained

Frost Tolerance

Hardy

Propagation Calendar

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Propagation Method

Seed Information