Group: Spermatophytina (Spermatophytes)
Family: Juncaceae (Rush family)
Genus: Luzula (Wood-Rush)
Luzula forsteri (Sm.) DC. - Southern Wood-Rush
Luzula pilosa (L.) Willd. - Hairy Wood-Rush
Luzula luzulina (Vill.) Racib. - Yellow Wood-Rush
Luzula sylvatica (Huds.) Gaudin - Great Wood-Rush
Luzula glabrata (Hoppe) Desv. - Smooth Wood-Rush
Luzula alpinopilosa (Chaix) Breistr. - Alpine Wood-Rush
Luzula desvauxii Kunth - Devaux Wood-Rush
Luzula luzuloides (Lam.) Dandy & Wilmott - White Wood-Rush
Luzula nivea (Nathh.) DC. - Snow-White Wood-Rush
Luzula spicata (L.) DC. - Spiked Wood-Rush
Luzula campestris (L.) DC. - Field Wood-Rush
Luzula divulgata Kirschner - Slender Wood-Rush
Luzula sudetica (Willd.) Schult. - Sudetic Wood-Rush
Luzula pallescens Sw. - Fen Wood-Rush
Luzula congesta (Thuill.) Lej. - Spike Wood-Rush
Luzula alpina Hoppe - Alpine Wood-Rush
Luzula multiflora (Ehrh.) Lej. - Heath Wood-Rush
20–100 cm tall. inflorescence:
The colours represent the floristic status of the species in the respective region. Green indicates native occurrences, light green naturalized occurrences. Adventive occurrences are represented by light yellow shades and plants that are cultivated (but rarely occur in the wild) are dark yellow. Grey colours are used, if the floristic status of species is unknown or uncertain.
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Natural, established occurences | ![]() |
Artificial occurences |
The color intensity reflects the species' abundance
Data: Floristische Kartierung Deutschlands (Stand 2013), Bundesamt für Naturschutz (www.floraweb.de)
riparian vegetation, mudflat vegetation, reedbeds, perennial herbaceous vegetation, forests, shrubbery, extensively used or natural grassland, dwarf shrub heaths
in acidic habitats