Spiked Woodrush
Luzula spicata ssp. spicata
Synonyms: Juncoides spicatum, Juncus spicatus, Luzula spicata ssp. saximontana
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Spiked woodrush as seen along the Wapaloose Mountain Trail #15, Kettle Range, Colville National Forest.........June 23, 2016.
![Spiked Woodrush: Luzula spicata ssp. spicata (Synonym: Juncus spicatus)](spicata/spicata07-27-2018.jpg)
Spiked woodrush as seen atop Tiffany Mountain, Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest.......July 27, 2018. This is an old stem from the previous bloom cycle.
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Spiked woodrush as seen along the Steens Mountain South Loop Road about one mile downhill to the west from the East Rim Viewpoint, Steens Mountain........September 2, 2011.
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Additional close-up photos of spiked woodrush as seen
along the Steens Mountain South Loop Road about one mile downhill to the west from the East Rim Viewpoint, Steens Mountain........August 31, 2011.
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Additional close-up photos of spiked woodrush as seen along the Steens Mountain South Loop Road about one mile downhill to the west from the East Rim Viewpoint, Steens Mountain........September 2, 2011.
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Spiked woodrush as seen along the Strawberry Basin Trail #375 at a point that is covered with snow until mid to late summer several hundred yards south of the junction with the Onion Creek Trail #368, Strawberry Mountain Wilderness..........July 18, 2013.
Paul Slichter