[Wood-rushes: The Genus Luzula East of the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington]

Small-flowered Woodrush

Luzula parviflora

Synonyms: Juncus parviflorus, Luzula divaricata, Luzula fastigiata, Luzula parviflora ssp. fastigiata, Luzula parviflora var. melanocarpa, Luzula parviflora ssp. melanocarpa, Luzula parviflora ssp. parviflora, Luzula parviflora var. parviflora

Small-flowered Woodrush: Luzula parviflora (Synonyms: Juncus parviflorus, Luzula divaricata, Luzula fastigiata, Luzula parviflora ssp. fastigiata, Luzula parviflora var. melanocarpa, Luzula parviflora ssp. melanocarpa, Luzula parviflora ssp. parviflora, Luzula parviflora var. parviflora)

Small-flowered woodrush as seen in the lee of a large in moist meadows along the North Loop Road about one mile downhill of the Kiger Gorge Overlook, Steens Mountain, Harney County, Oregon........September 2, 2011.

Small-flowered Woodrush: Luzula parviflora (Synonyms: Juncus parviflorus, Luzula divaricata, Luzula fastigiata, Luzula parviflora ssp. fastigiata, Luzula parviflora var. melanocarpa, Luzula parviflora ssp. melanocarpa, Luzula parviflora ssp. parviflora, Luzula parviflora var. parviflora)

Close-up of the inflorescence of small-flowered woodrush as seen in moist meadows around an old reservoir about one mile uphill from Olive Lake, Umatilla National Forest..........July 28, 2013.

Pendant inflorescence of Small-flowered Woodrush: Luzula parviflora (Synonyms: Juncus parviflorus, Luzula divaricata, Luzula fastigiata, Luzula parviflora ssp. fastigiata, Luzula parviflora var. melanocarpa, Luzula parviflora ssp. melanocarpa, Luzula parviflora ssp. parviflora, Luzula parviflora var. parviflora)

A close-up of the pendant spikes of the inflorescence of small-flowered woodrush as seen in moist meadows along the North Loop Road about one mile downhill of the Kiger Gorge Overlook, Steens Mountain, Harney County, Oregon.........September 2, 2011.

Inflorescence of Piper's Woodrush: Luzula piperi (Synonym: Luzula wahlenbergii) - Inflorescence of Piper's Woodrush: Luzula piperi (Synonym: Luzula wahlenbergii) - Piper's Woodrush: Luzula piperi (Synonym: Luzula wahlenbergii)

What appears to be small-flowered woodrush as seen atop the Lakes Lookout, Wallowa-Whitman National Forest.......July 25, 2013. The leaves look to green to be Piper's woodrush.

-Small-flowered Woodrush: Luzula parviflora (Synonyms: Juncus parviflorus, Luzula divaricata, Luzula fastigiata, Luzula parviflora ssp. fastigiata, Luzula parviflora var. melanocarpa, Luzula parviflora ssp. melanocarpa, Luzula parviflora ssp. parviflora, Luzula parviflora var. parviflora)- Small-flowered Woodrush: Luzula parviflora (Synonyms: Juncus parviflorus, Luzula divaricata, Luzula fastigiata, Luzula parviflora ssp. fastigiata, Luzula parviflora var. melanocarpa, Luzula parviflora ssp. melanocarpa, Luzula parviflora ssp. parviflora, Luzula parviflora var. parviflora)

Small-flowered woodrush as seen at milepost 35.5 on forest road #23 on the northwestern slopes of Mt. Adams........September 28, 2008.


Paul Slichter