Stats

Lifespan: Perennial
Size: Medium
Diet: Photosynthetic
Biome: Freshwater wetland
Range: Worldwide
Movement: Sessile
Breeding: Seeds
Defense: Armor
Status: Common

About

The soft rush is a slender, grass-like plant that grows in wet, marshy soil. Its pithy stems contain internal air chambers that allow it to breathe while submerged.

Life cycle

1.
seed
A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
2.
sprout
A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
3.
sapling
A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
4.
mature
Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Poales
Family: Juncaceae
Genus: Juncus
Species: Juncus effusus