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Oakforest woodrush

Luzula luzuloides

Also called White woodrush, White Wood Rush, Forest Wood Rush, Forest Woodrush, Oak Forest Woodrush

Oakforest woodrush
Photo: Radio Tonreg from Vienna, Austria, CC BY 2.0
Family
Juncaceae (Junc family)
Grows as
Perennial
Native range
Europe
Climate
temperate

About

Luzula luzuloides, the white wood-rush or oakforest wood-rush is a species of flowering plant in the family Juncaceae (rush family). It is native to Central Europe, from the Balkans to Fennoscandia, but it has also been introduced to the British Isles and other parts of Europe, and to the north-eastern United States and eastern Canada.

Other Luzula plants

Hairy woodrush · Alpine woodrush · Curved woodrush · Field woodrush · Luzula canariensis · Pacific woodrush · Northern woodrush · Luzula crinita · Forked woodrush · Sourthern woodrush · Hawai'i woodrush · Hitchcock's Smooth Woodrush

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Luzula luzuloides by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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