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Carex luzulina is a species of sedge known by the common name woodrush sedge.

Carex luzulina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Cyperaceae
Genus:	Carex
Species:	C. luzulina
Binomial name
Carex luzulina Olney

Distribution

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.

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.

Varieties

• Carex luzulina var. ablata
• Carex luzulina var. atropurpurea
• Carex luzulina var. luzulina

See also

• Luzula - "Woodrush"
• Luzula comosa
• Luzula divaricata
• Luzula orestera

External links

• Calflora Database: Carex luzulina (wood rush sedge)
• Jepson Manual eFlora (TJM2) treatment of Carex luzulina and varieties^{[permanent dead link]}
• USDA Plants Profile: Carex luzulina
• Flora of North America
• UC Photos gallery — Carex luzulina

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Carex luzulina Olney es una especie de planta herbácea de la familia de las ciperáceas.

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