Luzula Totally Explained

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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).

Species

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.
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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