Woodrush

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Luzula modesta


Tufted grass-like sedge with flower stems as long as or longer than the leaves. Flattened leaves with rounded tip.


Details
Flora Type
Sedges, rushes
Distinctive Features

Stoloniferous. Leaf margins almost hairless except for junction of leaf blade and sheath. Flowers and seeds pale to mid-brown.

Biology

Perennial. Grassy wet places in mountainous area.

Native Status
Native
Taxonomy
Phylum
Tracheophyta (Vascular Plants)
Class
Magnoliopsida (Flowering Plants)
Order
Poales
Family
Juncaceae
Genus
Luzula
Species
modesta

Interesting Facts
Native Status
Native