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Ivydene Gardens Rush to Saxifrage Wild Flower Families Gallery:
Rush - Woodrushes Family Part 1 of 1
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Common Name to view that Plant Description Page
Botanical Name to link to Plant or Seed Supplier
Flowering Months to view photos
Habitat to view further Natural Habitat details and Botanical Society of the British Isles Distribution Map
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Rush: Woodrushes Family:-
Woodrushes are " tufted perennials, with limp flat grass-like leaves fringed with long white cottony hairs, rather leafy stems bearing terminl clusters of rush-like flowers, and fruits containing only 3 seeds. They grow in drier places than the Rushes." from Collins Pocket Guide to Wild Flowers by David McClintock and R.S.R. Fitter assisted by Francis Rose - ISBN 0 00 219363 9 - Eleventh Impression 1978
Rush: Woodrushes Family plant table with its Common Name - Botanical Name. Flowering Months Range. Habitat with link to that Wild Flower Habitat Gallery:-
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Arctic Woodrush
(Curved Woodrush)
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Luzula arcuata
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June-July
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Mountains (locally common above 4000 feet on a very few mountains in the hHghlands, chiefly in the Cairngorms)
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Fen Woodrush
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Luzula pallescens
(Luzula pallidula)
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June
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Fens and Grassland (very rare in rather dry fens in Huntingdonshire)
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Good Friday Grass (Syn. Field Wood-Rush)
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Luzula campestris
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April-May
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Grassland, Heath and Short Turf (widespread and common in dry, sunny turf; especially on chalk, limestone or neutral soils)
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Great Woodrush
(Greater Woodrush)
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Luzula sylvatica
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June-July
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Deciduous and Coniferous Woodland, Moor and River Banks (widespread and locally frequent in woods on acid soils and among mountain rocks, chiefly in Western England)
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Foliage from Buckinghamshire. Photo from BritishFlora
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Foliage
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Form from Buckinghamshire. Photo from BritishFlora
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Hairy Woodrush
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Luzula pilosa
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April-June
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Deciduous Woodland , Moors and Hedges (widespread and locally frequent in woods and hedge-banks)
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Flowers from Isle of Wight. Photo from BritishFlora
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Form from Isle of Wight. Photo from BritishFlora
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Heath Woodrush
(Many Headed Woodrush)
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Luzula multiflora
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May-June
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Heath, Moor and Woodland (locally frequent on heaths and moors and in woods, especially on acid soils)
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Narrow-leaved Woodrush (Syn. Southern Wood-Rush, Forster's Wood-Rush)
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Luzula forsteri
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April-June
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Deciduous Woodland and Hedgerows ( in dry woods in Southern England)
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Spiked Woodrush
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Luzula spicata
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June-July
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Mountains and Mountain Rocks (locally frequent on bare ground and rock-ledges on mountains in Northern England)
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