NEEDLERUSH 

 ( Juncus 



roemerianus) 



Non- tidal and 

 slightly tidal 

 brackish and salt 

 marshes from Texas 

 to Maryland. 



Dense, dark- 

 green or dark- 

 gray colonies of 

 knee-high to 

 shoulder-high 

 stems and stem- 

 like leaves look 

 about the same 

 the year around. 



Stems and 

 leaves resemble 

 stems of Hards tem 

 and Southern Bul- 

 rushes but are 

 nearly as thin at 

 the bottom as at 

 the top and are 

 needle-tipped. 



SOFT RUSH 

 (Juncus effusus) 



Landward edges of 

 fresh marshes from Alaska 

 to Arizona; and Minnesota 

 to Newfoundland, Texas and 

 Florida. 



Upright or spreading, 

 close-growing or scattered 

 clumps are knee-high to as 

 tall as a man. 



Stems resemble those 

 of Softstem Bulrush but 

 are nearly as thin at the 

 bottom as at the top and 

 usually are shorter and 

 more clumped. 



