This native rush grows from 6 to 36 inches tall, with stout stems. Its leaves are half as tall as the stems. Rounded auricles are present where the leaf joins the stem (D). The flower clusters form a cyme; each flower has 6 sharply pointed tepals (A). The brown fruit capsules hold many light brown seeds (C).
Wet meadows and near water. Rare in Fontenelle Forest between Pond Trail and the pond, also between the bridge over the stream and the railroad tracks. The occurrence in Neale Woods is unknown at this time. Flowering occurs in May and June.
This plant is very similar to Path Rush (Juncus tenuis). The key distinguishing feature is the rounded, firm yellow-brown auricle (D) of Dudley Rush which is quite different from the thin, membranous, whitish auricle of Path Rush.
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