Juncus dudleyi (Dudley's Rush) Size:50 Plugs A great woodland garden fern

A great woodland garden fern that is the most widely cultivated in the Chicago area

Though only recently has it been officially determined to be "native" and not from Europe

and a host of wetland and swamp edges

With stacked clusters of Monarda like lavender flowers

mammals and turtles

Juncus dudleyi (Dudley's Rush) Size:50 Plugs A great woodland garden fernJuncus dudleyi (Dudley's Rush) is a wetland rush that can adapt to a variety of soils wetness as long as there is consistent moisture. Reddish brown seedheads appear clustered atop of the green grass like stems. Dudley's Rush is a food source for insects, moths as well as occasional birds and wildlife. This plants structure in wetland provides habitat opportunity for many shorebirds. Juncus dudleyi (Dudley's Rush) is named after William Russell Dudley