PLANTS Profile for Luzula spicata (spiked woodrush)

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Luzula spicata (L.) DC.
spiked woodrush

Symbol:

LUSP4

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Juncaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		N
AK		N
CAN		N
GL		N
SPM		N

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Robert H. Mohlenbrock. USDA NRCS. 1992. Western wetland flora: Field office guide to plant species. West Region, Sacramento. Courtesy of USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute. Usage Requirements.

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Luzula spicata (L.) DC.

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Synonyms:
Luzula spicata (L.) DC.

	JUSP2	Juncoides spicatum (L.) Kuntze
	LUSPS	Luzula spicata (L.) DC. ssp. saximontana A. Löve & D. Löve, nom. inq.

Distribution:
Luzula spicata (L.) DC.


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USA (AK, AZ, CA, CO, ID, ME, MT, NH, NM, NV, NY, OR, UT, VT, WA, WY), CAN (AB, BC, LB, MB, NF, NS, NT, NU, QC, YT), DEN (GL), FRA (SPM)

Related Taxa:
Luzula spicata (L.) DC.

View 2 genera in Juncaceae, 29 species in Luzula

Classification:
Luzula spicata (L.) DC.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Commelinidae
Order	Juncales
Family	Juncaceae – Rush family
Genus	Luzula DC. – woodrush
Species	Luzula spicata (L.) DC. – spiked woodrush

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Luzula spicata (L.) DC.

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Maine:
spiked wood-rush		Threatened
New Hampshire:
spiked woodrush		Threatened
New York:
spiked woodthrush		Endangered

Wetland Indicator Status:
Luzula spicata (L.) DC.

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

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Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

UPL,FAC

UPL*

FACU+

FACU

FAC

FACU

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Luzula spicata (L.) DC.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 39350.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View 1 propagation protocol from Native Plants Network.

Time Generated: 09/25/2008 09:24 AM MDT