Great Wood Rush
Taken at Baron's Haugh on 6th April 2020 using Panasonic Lumix LX5 in macro mode.
Fact File


Great Wood Rush.
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Habit: 		Luzula sylvatica.
Poales.
Juncaceae.
Perennial.
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Feature:
 Often grow on infertile soils in a wide range of moisture conditions. 
30 - 80 cms.
From mid-spring to summer.  Flowers are very small, chestnut-brown in colour.
The dried pith of plants of this family were used to make a type of candle known as a rushlight.