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− | * Latin Name: ''Luzula comosa'' | + | * Latin Name: ''Luzula comosa'' var. ''laxa'' |
* Family: Juncaceae | * Family: Juncaceae | ||
* Common Names: Pacific woodrush | * Common Names: Pacific woodrush | ||
* Synonyms/Misapplications: ''Luzula intermedia, Luzula multiflora'' subsp. ''comosa'' | * Synonyms/Misapplications: ''Luzula intermedia, Luzula multiflora'' subsp. ''comosa'' | ||
* Codon: LUZCOM | * Codon: LUZCOM | ||
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+ | == Taxonomy == | ||
+ | {{Taxobox | ||
+ | | image = LUZCOM1.jpg | ||
+ | | image_caption = Photo by Robert L. Carr. Also featured on Main Page. | ||
+ | | name = '''''Luzula comosa''''' var. '''''laxa''''' | ||
+ | | regnum = [[Plant]]ae | ||
+ | | subregnum = Tracheobionta | ||
+ | | phylum = Spermatophyta | ||
+ | | subphylum= Magnoliophyta | ||
+ | | classis = Magnoliopsida | ||
+ | | subclassis = Lilianae | ||
+ | | ordo = Poales | ||
+ | | familia = Juncaceae | ||
+ | | genus = '''''Luzula''''' DC. | ||
+ | | species = ''''' Luzula comosa''''' E. Mey | ||
+ | | subspecies = ''''' Luzula comosa''''' var. '''''laxa''''' Buch. | ||
+ | }} | ||
==Description== | ==Description== | ||
− | + | Native tufted perennial, reaching 1-4 dm in height. | |
+ | |||
+ | Leaves are grass-like, reddish to green, with long, fine hairs along leaf margin. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Inflorescence consists of 1 to 6 brownish glomerules (a condensed, headlike, cluster of flowers). The individual flowers consist of 6 membranous pallid, brownish tepals. ''Luzula comosa'' var. ''laxa'' generally has a more open, subumbellate inflorescence than ''Luzula comosa'' var. ''comosa'', which has a tighter capitate inflorescence. | ||
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+ | Juncaceae family members are differentiated from grasses in that they typically feature round stems, without nodes. <ref name=":0">Bowcutt, F., & Hamman, Sarah. (2016). ''Vascular plants'' | ||
+ | of the South Sound prairies'' (First ed.). Olympia, Washington: The Evergreen'' | ||
+ | State College Press.</ref><ref name=":1">Hitchcock, C. L., Cronquist, A., Giblin, D., & Legler, | ||
+ | B. et al. (2018). ''Flora of the Pacific Northwest: an illustrated manual''. | ||
+ | Seattle: University of Washington Press.</ref> | ||
==Bloom Period== | ==Bloom Period== | ||
+ | April to July<ref name=":0" /> | ||
− | ==Distribution== | + | ==Distribution== |
+ | BC to California, along both sides of Cascades, east to Alberta, Montana, Utah, and New Mexico.<ref name=":1" /> | ||
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
− | + | Openings, rocky slopes, forest, and shores, coastal to montane.<ref name=":1" /> | |
− | == | + | == Seed == |
− | + | Seed sample from:''' 2008''' | |
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'''Average Measurement:''' 1.5 x 0.9 x 0.9 | '''Average Measurement:''' 1.5 x 0.9 x 0.9 | ||
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'''Longitudinal Cross Section:''' elliptical [[File:Luzula long.png]] | '''Longitudinal Cross Section:''' elliptical [[File:Luzula long.png]] | ||
− | == | + | == Photo Gallery == |
− | + | <gallery> | |
− | + | File:LUZCOM2.jpg| Photo by Robert L. Carr | |
− | + | </gallery> | |
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+ | ==References== | ||
<references /> | <references /> |
Revision as of 18:07, 16 January 2021
- Latin Name: Luzula comosa var. laxa
- Family: Juncaceae
- Common Names: Pacific woodrush
- Synonyms/Misapplications: Luzula intermedia, Luzula multiflora subsp. comosa
- Codon: LUZCOM
Contents
Taxonomy
Luzula comosa var. laxa | |
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Photo by Robert L. Carr. Also featured on Main Page. | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Subkingdom: | Tracheobionta |
Phylum: | Spermatophyta |
Subphylum: | Magnoliophyta |
Class: | Magnoliopsida |
Subclass: | Lilianae |
Order: | Poales |
Family: | Juncaceae |
Genus: | Luzula DC. |
Species: | Luzula comosa E. Mey |
Subspecies: | Luzula comosa var. laxa Buch. |
Description
Native tufted perennial, reaching 1-4 dm in height.
Leaves are grass-like, reddish to green, with long, fine hairs along leaf margin.
Inflorescence consists of 1 to 6 brownish glomerules (a condensed, headlike, cluster of flowers). The individual flowers consist of 6 membranous pallid, brownish tepals. Luzula comosa var. laxa generally has a more open, subumbellate inflorescence than Luzula comosa var. comosa, which has a tighter capitate inflorescence.
Juncaceae family members are differentiated from grasses in that they typically feature round stems, without nodes. [1][2]
Bloom Period
April to July[1]
Distribution
BC to California, along both sides of Cascades, east to Alberta, Montana, Utah, and New Mexico.[2]
Habitat
Openings, rocky slopes, forest, and shores, coastal to montane.[2]
Seed
Seed sample from: 2008
Average Measurement: 1.5 x 0.9 x 0.9
Measurement Range: L: 1.2 – 1.8, W: 0.8 – 1, D:0.8 – 1
Features
Shape: Seeds have prominent white caruncle. Seed mostly round except for a slightly pointed tapering at hilum and opposite apex.
Color: Seed coat is white over a dark reddish brown seed body.
Surface: On one side of seed there is a cloudy white line that crosses from hilum to opposite apex. Seed is lustrous and marked with many fine longitudinal lines.
Latitudinal Cross Section: elliptical
Longitudinal Cross Section: elliptical
Photo Gallery
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Bowcutt, F., & Hamman, Sarah. (2016). Vascular plants of the South Sound prairies (First ed.). Olympia, Washington: The Evergreen State College Press.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Hitchcock, C. L., Cronquist, A., Giblin, D., & Legler, B. et al. (2018). Flora of the Pacific Northwest: an illustrated manual. Seattle: University of Washington Press.