- Luzula
Taxobox
name = "Luzula"
image_width = 250px
image_caption = Great Wood-rush ("Luzula sylvatica")
regnum =Plant ae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis =Liliopsida
ordo =Poales
familia =Juncaceae
genus = "Luzula"
genus_authority = DC.
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text."Luzula" (Wood-rush) is a genus of about 80 species of
flowering plant s the familyJuncaceae , with acosmopolitan distribution , the highest species diversity being in temperateAsia andEurope .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
larva e of someLepidoptera species includingSmoky 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").pecies
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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 lactea " Link ex E.H.F. Meyer
*"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 tolmatchewii Kuvaev
*"Luzula wahlenbergii " Rupr. - Wahlenberg's Wood-rush, Tundra Wood-rush
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