Juncaceae
Oakforest woodrush
Luzula luzuloides
- Family
- Juncaceae
- Genus
- Luzula
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Common names
By language (17)
- arz
- لوزولا لوزولويدس
- Belarusian
- Ажыка дуброўная, Ажыка белаватая
- Bulgarian
- Храсталачна светлика
- Czech
- Bika bělavá, Bika hajní
- Dutch
- Witte veldbies
- English
- Oakforest woodrush, White woodrush
- Estonian
- Salu-piiphein
- Finnish
- Valkopiippo
- French
- Luzule blanchâtre, Luzule blanche, Luzule blanchatre
- German
- Weissliche Hainsimse, Weißliche Hainsimse, Schmalblättrige Hainsimse, Weiße Hainsimse
- hsb
- Slěborna syćel
- Latvian
- Birztalas zemzālīte
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Hvitfrytle
- Polish
- Kosmatka gajowa
- Russian
- Ожика ожиковидная, Ожика белая, Ожика беловатая, Ожика дубравная
- Swedish
- Vitfryle
- Welsh
- Coedfrwynen wen
Synonyms
- Juncus luzuloides Lam.
- Luzula angustifolia Wender. ex Steud.
- Luzula luzuloides var. erytranthema (Wallr.) I.Grint.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: James K. Lindsey, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Meneerke bloem, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Radio Tonreg from Vienna, Austria, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Meneerke bloem, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Meneerke bloem, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Meneerke bloem, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Meneerke bloem, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Adam Śliż WL 🌳🌺🍁, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: agujaceratops, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
More in Luzula
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- Sourthern woodrushLuzula forsteriJuncaceae
- Luzula niveaJuncaceae
- Spiked woodrushLuzula spicataJuncaceae
- Eurasian woodrushLuzula pallescensJuncaceae
- Luzula luteaJuncaceae
- Small-flower wood-rushLuzula parvifloraJuncaceae
- Alpine woodrushLuzula alpinopilosaJuncaceae
- Luzula alpinaJuncaceae
Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.