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Plant profile · Austin & Hill Country

Toad Rush

Juncus bufonius
native · Central Texas

Toad Rush is a grass native to Central Texas that grows 1 ft tall. It wants full sun and medium water. Blooms green in spring.

Wet ground only. A wetland plant: it needs standing water or saturated soil — a pond edge, creek bank or rain garden, not a dry upland bed.

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The facts

4 sources
Type
Grass
Sun
Full sun (6–8 hrs of direct sun)
Water
Medium
Height
About 1 ft
Bloom
Spring · green
Foliage
Deciduous or dies back in winter

Where it grows

34 occurrence records in Central Texas (GBIF).

Can you buy it?

Also grows here — hard to find. Native and recorded growing in Central Texas, but not on the grower stock lists we read. Sourcing varies: some are stocked widely, others you will have to hunt for.