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Hairy woodrush

Luzula pilosa

Also called Hairy Wood Rush

Hairy woodrush
Photo: Daderot, Public domain
Family
Juncaceae (Junc family)
Grows as
Bulb
Native range
Europe to Siberia
Climate
temperate

About

Luzula pilosa is a species of flowering plant in the rush family Juncaceae with the common name hairy wood-rush. The plant is native to northern Europe and western Asia.

Where it grows

It prefers moist but well-drained, somewhat acidic soils, but is not confined to them. It avoids competition, and in lowland locations occurs among leaf litter or moss. It is native to Europe and western Asia. The geographical distribution of the native range includes the British Isles, northern Europe, largely avoiding the Mediterranean, and north-western Asia. It also occurs in the Caucasus.

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 pilosa 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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