Luzula sylvatica (Huds.) Gaudin
(Great Wood-rush)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesLuzula sylvatica (Great Wood-rush)
GenusLuzula (wood-rushes)
FamilyJUNCACEAE (rushes and wood-rushes)
OrderPOALES (grasses, sedges & rushes)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Luzula sylvatica (Great Wood-rush) :
1: Luzula sylvatica (Great Wood-rush)
17 Apr 2011 OSGR: SD85 54° 0’ N, 2° 20’ W Vice County: Mid-west Yorks (VC 64) England
on bank of river valley
Image 1: Spring growthImage 2: Spring growth (2)
2: Luzula sylvatica (Great Wood-rush)
5 May 2003 OSGR: SU57 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
on banks by entrance to woodland
Image 1: Close-upImage 2: Close-up (2)Image 3: Close-up (3)Image 4: Close-up (4)Image 5: InfructescenceImage 6: Infructescence - close-upImage 7: In situImage 8: In situ (2)Image 9: In situ - with flowersImage 10: In situ - with flowers (2)Image 11: In situ - with flowers (3)Image 12: Cauline leaves - enlargedImage 13: Flowering shoots - apices showing nflorescencesImage 14: Flowering shoots - bases showing cauline leavesImage 15: Inflorescence - enlargedImage 16: Inflorescence - enlarged (2)Image 17: Inflorescence - enlarged (3)Image 18: Inflorescence - magnifiedImage 19: Inflorescence - magnified (2)Image 20: ShootImage 21: Spikelet - magnified

Luzula sylvatica (Great Wood-rush) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Luzula sylvatica (Great Wood-rush)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 19 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Luzula sylvatica (Great Wood-rush)
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