Luzula

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Luzula
Great Wood-rush (Luzula sylvatica)
Great Wood-rush (Luzula sylvatica)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Poales
Family: Juncaceae
Genus: Luzula
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Species

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Luzula (Wood-rush) is a genus of about 80 species of flowering plants the family Juncaceae, with a cosmopolitan distribution, the highest species diversity being in temperate Asia and Europe.

The species are perennial (rarely annual) plants growing 20-80 cm tall, with linear grass-like leaves.

Luzula species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Smoky Wainscot and case-bearers of the genus Coleophora including C. antennariella (feeds exclusively on L. pilosa), C. biforis (feeds exclusively on Luzula), C. glaucicolella, C. leucapennis (feeds exclusively on Luzula), C. otidipennella (feeds exclusively on Luzula) and C. sylvaticella (feeds exclusively on L. sylvatica).

  • Luzula acuminata Raf. - Hairy Wood-rush
  • Luzula alpinopilosa (Chaix) Breistr. - Alpine Wood-rush
  • Luzula arctica Blytt - Arctic Wood-rush
  • Luzula arcuata (Wahlenb.) Sw. - Curved Wood-rush
  • Luzula bulbosa (Wood) Smyth & Smyth - Bulbous Wood-rush
  • Luzula campestris (L.) DC. - Field Wood-rush, Good Friday Grass
  • Luzula comosa E. Mey. - Pacific Wood-rush
  • Luzula confusa Lindeberg - Northern Wood-rush
  • Luzula congesta (Thuill.) Lej. - Heath Wood-rush
  • Luzula divaricata S. Wats. - Forked wood-rush
  • Luzula echinata (Small) F.J.Herm. - Hedgehog Wood-rush
  • Luzula fastigiata E. Mey. - Small-flowered Wood-rush
  • Luzula forsteri - Southern Wood-rush
  • Luzula glabrata (Hoppe ex Rostk.) Desv. - Smooth Wood-rush
  • Luzula groenlandica Böcher - Greenland Wood-rush
  • Luzula hawaiiensis Buch. - Hawai'i Wood-rush
  • Luzula lutea (All.) DC. - Yellow Wood-rush
  • Luzula luzulina
  • Luzula luzuloides (Lam.) Dandy & Wilmott - White Wood-rush
  • Luzula maxima (Rich.) DC.
    Snowy Wood-rush Luzula nivea flowers (foreground; leaves behind are a different species
    Snowy Wood-rush Luzula nivea flowers (foreground; leaves behind are a different species
  • Luzula multiflora (Ehrh.) Lej. - Heath Wood-rush
  • Luzula nivea - Snowy Wood-rush
  • Luzula orestera (Sharsm.) - Sierra Wood-rush
  • Luzula pallescens - Fen Wood-rush
  • Luzula pallidula J. Kirschner - Fen Wood-rush, Eurasian Wood-rush
  • Luzula parviflora (Ehrh.) Desv. - Small-flowered Wood-rush
  • Luzula pilosa (L.) Willd. - Hairy Wood-rush
  • Luzula piperi (Coville) M.E.Jones - Piper's Wood-rush
  • Luzula rufescens Fisch. ex E.Mey. - Rufous Wood-rush
  • Luzula spicata (L.) DC. - Spiked Wood-rush
  • Luzula subcapitata (Rydb.) Harrington - Colorado Wood-rush
  • Luzula subcongesta (S.Wats.) Jepson - Donner Wood-rush
  • Luzula sudetica
  • Luzula sylvatica (Huds.) Gaudin - Great Wood-rush
  • Luzula wahlenbergii Rupr. - Wahlenberg's Wood-rush, Tundra Wood-rush
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