Carex luzulina
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Carex luzulina is a species of sedge known by the common name woodrush sedge.{{Cite web |last=Taesang |title=Woodrush Sedge (Carex luzulina var. luzulina)) Info & Guide |url=https://www.perenual.com/plant-database-search-guide/species/9886/guide |access-date=2024-11-21 |website=www.perenual.com |language=en-us}} It is native to Canada and the USA.{{Cite web |title=Carex luzulina Olney {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30055435-2 |access-date=2024-11-21 |website=Plants of the World Online |language=en}}
Description
Carex luzulina produces loose to dense clumps of rhizomed stems approaching 90 centimeters in maximum height. The inflorescence is made up of a few spikes of flowers with dark colored scales. The fruit is coated in a sac called a perigynium which is generally greenish with some dark purple coloration.{{Cite web |title=Carex luzulina |url=https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=17586 |access-date=2024-11-21 |website=ucjeps.berkeley.edu}}
Distribution and habitat
This sedge is native to western North America from British Columbia to California to Wyoming, where it grows in wet habitat such as bogs and mountain meadows.{{Cite web |title=E-Flora BC Atlas Page |url=https://linnet.geog.ubc.ca/Atlas/Atlas.aspx?sciname=Carex+luzulina |access-date=2024-11-21 |website=linnet.geog.ubc.ca}}
Varieties
- Carex luzulina var. ablata
- Carex luzulina var. atropurpurea
- Carex luzulina var. luzulina
See also
- Luzula - "Woodrush"
- Luzula comosa
- Luzula divaricata
- Luzula orestera
References
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External links
- [http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_query.cgi?where-calrecnum=1589 Calflora Database: Carex luzulina (wood rush sedge)]
- [https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=17586 Jepson Manual eFlora (TJM2) treatment of Carex luzulina and varieties]
- [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=CALU7 USDA Plants Profile: Carex luzulina]
- [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=242357307 Flora of North America]
- [http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Carex+luzulina UC Photos gallery — Carex luzulina]
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Category:Flora of the Northwestern United States
Category:Flora of British Columbia
Category:Flora of the Sierra Nevada (United States)
Category:Natural history of the California Coast Ranges
Category:Plants described in 1868