Slender Rush (Juncus Tenuis)
Other Names: Path rush, field rush, slender yard rush, wire-grass, poverty rush
Description: A clump-forming, grass-like perennial, with narrow, wiry, rounded stems. Dark green stems. Flowers are small, greenish-brown with lanceolate sepals and petals. Fruits are egg-shaped capsules. The plant often turns brown at the top.
Habitat: A weed of turfgrass, landscapes and nursery crops, especially along paths and in gravel along roads. It also grows in pastures, meadows, and waste places and grows especially well in compacted soils.