Luzula divaricata |
Luzula spicata |
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fork wood rush |
spike wood-rush |
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Rhizomes | thick. |
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Culms | densely cespitose, reddish, 6–30 cm × 2 mm. |
densely cespitose, reddish, 3–33 cm, base thick, extending 1–8 cm into soil. |
Leaves | basal leaves numerous, blade to 20 cm × 4–6 mm, sometimes longer than stem, apex long-pointed to 12 mm, mostly glabrous; cauline leaves 2–3. |
sheath throats densely hairy; basal leaves erect, channeled, linear, 2–15 cm × 1–4 mm, apex not callous; cauline leaves 2–3. |
Inflorescences | 5–15 cm, width 1/2 to equaling length; branches widely spreading to 90°, stiff, not drooping; proximal bract inconspicuous, less than 2 cm; bracts and bracteoles clear, margins slightly lacerate, often with a few cilia. |
panicles of dense, nodding, spikelike clusters (each 1–25 mm), often interrupted by 10–70 mm; proximal inflorescence bract conspicuous, generally exceeding inflorescence; bracts clear; bracteoles clear, margins ciliate, apex narrow, extended. |
Flowers | solitary; tepals pale brown with reddish tint, 1.8–2.4 mm, apex reflexed, long-acuminate; outer whorl slightly longer than inner whorl; anthers ± equaling filaments; stigmas 3 times style length. |
tepals brown with clear margins or very pale throughout (outer whorl bristle-pointed), 2–2.5 mm; outer whorl longer than inner whorl; anthers ± equaling filaments. |
Capsules | deep reddish brown, shorter to slightly longer than tepals. |
pale to dark brown or blackish, round (apex ± acute), generally shorter than tepals, apex ± acute. |
Seeds | light brown, 1.2 mm. |
brown, cylindric-ovoid, body 1–1.2 mm; caruncle 0.2 mm. |
2n | = 24. |
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Luzula divaricata |
Luzula spicata |
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Phenology | Flowering and fruiting summer. | Flowering and fruiting summer. |
Habitat | Subalpine forest to alpine granitic slopes | Alpine slopes and heaths, dry or damp situations among grasses, herbs, or lichens, and in subalpine forests |
Elevation | 2100–3700 m (6900–12100 ft) | 0–3700 m (0–12100 ft) |
Distribution |
CA; ID; NV; OR; WA
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AK; CA; CO; ID; ME; MT; NH; NM; NV; NY; OR; UT; VT; WA; WY; AB; BC; MB; NL; NT; NU; QC; YT; SPM; Circumpolar; Greenland; Eurasia
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Discussion | The culms of Luzula divaricata are reddish colored. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
The culms of Luzula spicata are thick and reddish with bases extending 1–8 cm into the soil; sheath throats are densely hairy; basal leaves are erect, linear, and channeled; inflorescence bracts are conspicuous and often exceed glomerules; and bracteoles have narrow and extended apices. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 22. | FNA vol. 22. |
Parent taxa | Juncaceae > Luzula > subg. Anthelaea | Juncaceae > Luzula > subg. Luzula |
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Synonyms | Juncus spicatus | |
Name authority | S. Watson: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 14:302. (1879) | (Linnaeus) de Candolle: in J. Lamarck and A. P. de Candolle, Fl. France, ed. 3 1: 161. (1805) |
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