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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Luzula acuminata var. carolinae   FAMILY Juncaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Luzula acuminata ssp. carolinae   FAMILY Juncaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Luzula acuminata ssp. carolinae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Luzula acuminata var. carolinae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Luzula acuminata var. carolinae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 040-02-001b:

Luzula acuminata var. carolinae   FAMILY Juncaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Juncoides carolinae

 

COMMON NAME:
Carolina Woodrush, Southern Hairy Woodrush


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image of Luzula acuminata var. carolinae, Carolina Woodrush, Southern Hairy Woodrush

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_juca11_001_lvd

        

image of Luzula acuminata var. carolinae, Carolina Woodrush, Southern Hairy Woodrush

JK Marlow    jkm240213_7366

February    Greenville County    SC

image of Luzula acuminata var. carolinae, Carolina Woodrush, Southern Hairy Woodrush

JK Marlow    jkm240213_7376

February    Greenville County    SC

image of Luzula acuminata var. carolinae, Carolina Woodrush, Southern Hairy Woodrush

JK Marlow    jkm160319_016b

March    Pickens County    SC

Nine Times Preserve

image of Luzula acuminata var. carolinae, Carolina Woodrush, Southern Hairy Woodrush

JK Marlow    jkm160319_018

March    Pickens County    SC

Nine Times Preserve

image of Luzula acuminata var. carolinae, Carolina Woodrush, Southern Hairy Woodrush

JK Marlow    jkm160326_118

March    Laurens County    SC

Luzula leaf blades flat & ciliate (vs. Juncus either flat or terete, glabrous), per Weakley's Flora.

image of Luzula acuminata var. carolinae, Carolina Woodrush, Southern Hairy Woodrush

JK Marlow    jkm240312_7704

March    Greenville County    SC

image of Luzula acuminata var. carolinae, Carolina Woodrush, Southern Hairy Woodrush

Terry Holdsclaw    tdh_l_acuminata_carolin_4

March    Catawba County    NC

Inflorescences of var. carolinae usually branching, pedicels commonly paired, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Luzula acuminata var. carolinae, Carolina Woodrush, Southern Hairy Woodrush

Gill Newberry    gn1_l_acuminata_caroli

April    Sevier County    TN

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

image of Luzula acuminata var. carolinae, Carolina Woodrush, Southern Hairy Woodrush

JK Marlow    jkm160421_328

April    Sevier County    TN

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

image of Luzula acuminata var. carolinae, Carolina Woodrush, Southern Hairy Woodrush

JK Marlow    jkm160421_331

April    Sevier County    TN

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

image of Luzula acuminata var. carolinae, Carolina Woodrush, Southern Hairy Woodrush

JK Marlow    jkm170413_557

April    Sevier County    TN

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Inflorescence compound; most primary pedicels with 1-4 secondary ones, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Luzula acuminata var. carolinae, Carolina Woodrush, Southern Hairy Woodrush

JK Marlow    jkm170413_561

April    Sevier County    TN

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

image of Luzula acuminata var. carolinae, Carolina Woodrush, Southern Hairy Woodrush

JK Marlow    jkm200409_3563

April    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

Flowers borne singly, per Weakley's Flora (2015).

image of Luzula acuminata var. carolinae, Carolina Woodrush, Southern Hairy Woodrush

JK Marlow    jkm200411_3743

April    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

image of Luzula acuminata var. carolinae, Carolina Woodrush, Southern Hairy Woodrush

Terry Holdsclaw    tdh_l_acuminata_carolin_2

April    Catawba County    NC

image of Luzula acuminata var. carolinae, Carolina Woodrush, Southern Hairy Woodrush

Terry Holdsclaw    tdh_l_acuminata_carolin_3

April    Catawba County    NC

Basal leaves 32cm x 12mm, per Flora of North America.

image of Luzula acuminata var. carolinae, Carolina Woodrush, Southern Hairy Woodrush

JK Marlow    jkm160503_274

May    Jackson County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Luzula acuminata var. carolinae   FAMILY Juncaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Luzula acuminata ssp. carolinae   FAMILY Juncaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Luzula acuminata ssp. carolinae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Luzula acuminata var. carolinae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Luzula acuminata var. carolinae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 040-02-001b:
Luzula acuminata var. carolinae   FAMILY Juncaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Juncoides carolinae

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

873

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial

Habitat: Moist forests, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Mountains & Carolina Piedmont, uncommon in GA Piedmont (rare in Coastal Plain)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & alternate

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Straw/ Brown
Radially symmetrical
3 sepals
3 petals
6 stamens
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Green
Capsule

 

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