Luzula forsteri

{{short description|Species of flowering plant in the rush family Juncaceae}}

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|image = Luzula forsteri Sturm19.jpg

|genus = Luzula

|species = forsteri

|authority = (Sm.) DC.

|synonyms = Juncus forsteri Sm.

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Luzula forsteri, commonly known as southern wood-rush,{{BSBI 2007 |accessdate=2014-10-17 }} is a species of perennial plant in Juncaceae family that is native to Europe, north Africa and western Asia. There is a record of it having been collected at Salem, Oregon in 1910.{{cite web|url=http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=LUFO6|title=Luzula forsteri (Sm.) DC.|publisher=PLANTS Profile|work=USDA|accessdate=April 5, 2013}}

The species was named for Edward Forster the Younger (1765–1849).James Edward Smith. Flora Britannica. 1804. vol. 3: p. 1359