Biology:Luzula campestris
| Luzula campestris | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Juncaceae |
| Genus: | Luzula |
| Species: | L. campestris
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| Binomial name | |
| Luzula campestris (L.) DC.
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| Synonyms | |
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Juncus campestris L. | |
Luzula campestris, commonly known as field wood-rush or Good Friday grass is a flowering plant in the rush family Juncaceae.[1] It is also one of the plants known as chimney sweeps[2] or sweep's broom[3] because of the brush-like appearance of their flowers.[4] This is a very common plant throughout temperate Europe extending to the Caucasus. This species of Luzula is found on all types of native grasslands, and cultivated areas such as lawns, golf-course greens and fields.
Description
Luzula campestris is relatively short, between 5 and 15 cm (2 and 6 in) tall. It spreads via short stolons and also via seed produced in one stemless cluster of flowers together with three to six stemmed clusters of flowers. It is a perennial.[1]
It flowers between March and June in the northern temperate zone (September to December in the southern hemisphere). The diploid chromosome number 2n is 12.[1]: 987
It prefers an acidic soil, and when considered a weed in cultivated grass such as lawns, its presence can be readily reduced by decreasing acidity, specifically by removing any accumulation of dead grass material.[5]
Distribution
The native range of Luzula campestris is temperate Europe, extending to North Africa in the south, to the Caucasus in the east and has a northern limit in Scandinavia.[6]
Luzula campestris has been introduced worldwide outside its native range into suitable habitats in the southern hemisphere.[7]
The closely related Luzula multiflora is native in much of North America, and is a distinct species in the Flora of North America.[8] Some botanists treat it as a variety, Luzula campestris var. multiflora.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Stace, C. A. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles (Fourth ed.). Middlewood Green, Suffolk, U.K.: C & M Floristics. ISBN 978-1-5272-2630-2.
- ↑ "Field Wood-rush - Luzula campestris". https://www.naturespot.org.uk/species/field-wood-rush.
- ↑ "Field wood-rush". https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/wildlife-explorer/grasses-sedges-and-rushes/field-wood-rush.
- ↑ Grigson, Geoffery (1975). The Englishman's Flora. Paladin. pp. 542. ISBN 978-0586082096.
- ↑ "Woodrush in lawns". https://www.rhs.org.uk/weeds/woodrush-in-lawns.
- ↑ "Luzula campestris (L.) DC.". https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:443746-1.
- ↑ "Global Invasive Species Database, Luzula campestris". http://www.issg.org/database/species/distribution.asp?si=1793.
- ↑ "Luzula multiflora in Flora of North America @ efloras.org". http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=200027421.
Wikidata ☰ Q159413 entry
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