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Luzula lutea (common woodrush)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Luzula lutea, is a species of perennial plant in Juncaceae family which is 12–15 centimetres (4.7–5.9 in) tall. Its anthers are 1.1–1.8 millimetres (0.043–0.071 in) long while their filaments are 0.3–1.1 millimetres (0.012–0.043 in). The basal leaves of the species are usually 4–7 centimetres (1.6–2.8 in) long and 4–5 millimetres (0.16–0.20 in) wide, while its cauline leaves are 2–4 centimetres (0.79–1.57 in) in length. Its lower bract is brownish coloured and is 1.0–1.5 centimetres (0.39–0.59 in) long. It has ovate bracteoles which are circa 1.5 millimetres (0.059 in) in length.
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Attributes

Leaf Type [1]  Evergreen
Lifespan [2]  Perennial
Structure [1]  Grass
Height [2]  20 inches (.5 m)
Light Preference [3]  Mostly Sunny
Soil Acidity [3]  Mostly Acid
Soil Fertility [3]  Mostly Infertile
Soil Moisture [3]  Moist

Protected Areas

Predators

Luzulaspis luzulae (woodrush soft scale)[4]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Puccinia obscura[5]

External References

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 2PLANTATT - Attributes of British and Irish Plants: Status, Size, Life History, Geography and Habitats, M. O. Hill, C. D. Preston & D. B. Roy, Biological Records Centre, NERC Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (2004)
♦ 3ECOFACT 2a Technical Annex - Ellenberg’s indicator values for British Plants, M O Hill, J O Mountford, D B Roy & R G H Bunce (1999)
♦ 4Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
♦ 5Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0