Juncus tenuis (Native)

Habitat: Poverty rush grows on freshwater sites that have saturated soil conditions during the winter and dry conditions during the summer. It is common in disturbed areas with seeps and springs, such as prairies, meadows, shaded roads, and ditches.

Wildlife: Some upland gamebirds and granivorous songbirds feed on the seeds of poverty rush. In addition, poverty rush is used as material for nest construction, and as cover for foraging animals.

Notes: Useful as a groundcover, or water plant in a rain garden due to its ability to grow in compacted and saturated soils. Poverty rush can be used in the bottom of constructed bioswales as a groudlayer. It is also used in the scrub shrub layer as a ground cover in constructed wetlands