Life Span
Perennial
Perennial
Type
Sedge or Rush
Grass
Origin
World/Pandemic, North America, Europe, Russia/Siberia, Africa, Asia
North America, South America, Europe, Southern Africa, Asia
Types
-
-
Number of Varieties
15
0
40000
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Habitat
All sorts of environments, Banks, ditches, marshes, Shores of rivers or lakes
meadows, Pastures, Wet lands
USDA Hardiness Zone
6-9-9999
0
99
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AHS Heat Zone
9-6
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Sunset Zone
H1, 1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24
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Habit
Clump-Forming
-
Plant Size
Minimum Height
45.70 cm30.00 cm
0
3900
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Minimum Width
61.00 cm40.00 cm
0
6350
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Plant Color
Flower Color
Brown
Yellow Brown
Flower Color Modifier
Bicolor
Bicolor
Fruit Color
-
-
Leaf Color in Spring
Green
Green, Light Green, Blue Green, Gray Green
Leaf Color in Summer
Green
Light Green
Leaf Color in Fall
Green
-
Leaf Color in Winter
Green, Tan, Sandy Brown
-
Shape
Leaf Shape
Long hair-like leaves
Oblong
Thorns
✔
✘
✔
✘
Plant Season
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter
-
Growing Conditions
Sunlight
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Full Sun
Growth Rate
Fast
Fast
Type of Soil
Clay, Loam, Sand
Loam, Sand
The pH of Soil
Acidic, Neutral
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Soil Drainage
Poorly Drained
Well drained
Bloom Time
Early Summer, Summer, Late Summer, Early Fall
Spring, Summer
Repeat Bloomer
✔
✘
✔
✘
Tolerances
Drought
Deer resistant, Drought, Salt
Where to Plant?
Ground, Pot
Ground
How to Plant?
Divison, reseeds
Seedlings
Plant Maintenance
Medium
Medium
Watering Plants
Watering Requirements
Does not require regular watering
Keep the ground moist but not water-logged
In Summer
Lots of watering
Less Watering
In Spring
Moderate
Moderate
In Winter
Average Water
Lots of watering
Soil
Soil pH
Acidic, Neutral
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Soil Type
Clay, Loam, Sand
Loam, Sand
Soil Drainage Capacity
Poorly Drained
Well drained
Sun Exposure
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Full Sun
Pruning
Prune to control growth, Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves
No pruning needed in the early stages, Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves
Fertilizers
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer
avoid high rate of nitrogen in spring, Nitrogen
Pests and Diseases
-
Fungal Diseases, Head smut, Leaf rust, Stem rot
Plant Tolerance
Drought
Deer resistant, Drought, Salt
Flowers
Insignificant
-
Flower Petal Number
Single
Single
Fruits
Showy Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Edible Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrance
Fragrant Flower
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Leaf
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Bark/Stem
✔
✘
✔
✘
Showy Foliage
✔
✘
✔
✘
Showy Bark
✔
✘
✔
✘
Foliage Texture
Fine
Fine
Foliage Sheen
Glossy
Matte
Evergreen
✔
✘
✔
✘
Invasive
Sometimes
Sometimes
Self-Sowing
✔
✘
✔
✘
Attracts
Bumblebees, Flying insects
Bees, Birds, Butterflies
Allergy
-
-
Uses
Aesthetic Uses
Informal Hedge, Woodland margins
Ground Cover
Beauty Benefits
-
Improve skin condition
Edible Uses
✔
✘
✔
✘
Environmental Uses
Air purification
Erosion control, Food for animals, soil stabilisation
Plant Benefits
Medicinal Uses
-
-
Part of Plant Used
-
Seeds
Other Uses
woven into the covering of tatami mats
Food for animals
Used As Indoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Used As Outdoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Garden Design
Bog Garden, Container, Mixed Border, Water Gardens
Cutflower, Dried Flower/Everlasting, Edible, Wildflower
Botanical Name
JUNCUS effusus f.Spiral
Hordeum brachyantherum
Common Name
Curly wurly
Meadow Barley
In Hindi
Corkscrew Rush
meadow barley
In German
Corkscrew Rush
Wiese Gerste
In French
Corkscrew Rush
orge prairie
In Spanish
Corkscrew Rush
cebada prado
In Greek
Corkscrew Rush
λιβάδι κριθάρι
In Portuguese
Corkscrew Rush
cevada prado
In Polish
Corkscrew Rush
łąka jęczmienia
In Latin
Corkscrew Rush
pratum hordei
Kingdom
Plantae
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Magnoliophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Liliopsida
Order
Poales
Cyperales
Family
Juncaceae
Poaceae
Genus
Juncus
Hordeum
Clade
Angiosperms, Commelinids, Monocots
Angiosperms, Commelinids, Monocots
Tribe
-
-
Subfamily
-
-
Number of Species
2510
1
27800
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