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|accepted_name=Luzula rufescens
|accepted_authority=Fischer ex E. Meyer
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Linnaea
|place=22:385. 1849
|year=1849
}}
|common_names=Rusty wood rush
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Juncaceae;Luzula;Luzula subg. Pterodes;Luzula rufescens
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Juncaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Luzula]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subgenus</small>[[Luzula subg. Pterodes]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Luzula rufescens]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 22
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|treatment_page=
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Rhizomes </b>absent. <b>Stolons</b> to 4 cm; scale leaves present; adventitious roots present. <b>Culms</b> loosely cespitose, 10–30 cm × 0.5–3.5 mm. <b>Leaves</b>: sheaths reddish, throats pilose; blade sparsely pubescent; basal leaves 6–10 cm × 2–5 mm; cauline leaves 2–3, to 4(–6) cm × 1–2.5 mm. <b>Inflorescences</b> simple or rarely branching; proximal inflorescence bract to 1/2 length of inflorescence; bracts brown, apex truncate, glabrous; bracteoles ovate, 1/2 length of tepals; pedicels spreading, 1–4 cm. <b>Flowers</b>: tepals brown, 1.6–2.5 mm, margins entire, clear; anthers 2 times filament length; stigmas 2 times style length. <b>Capsules</b> straw-colored, sometimes reddish, equal to or exceeding tepals; beak a mucro. <b>Seeds</b> dark brown to black, 1.4 mm; caruncle erect to slightly curved, 2/3 length of seed body. <b>2n</b> = 52 (Japan).</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering and fruiting summer.
|habitat=Dry to mesic open montane forests and forest margins to borders of bogs, marshes, and river bars
|elevation=0–1500 m
|distribution=B.C.;N.W.T.;Yukon;Alaska;Asia.
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name=Luzula rufescens
|author=
|authority=Fischer ex E. Meyer
|rank=species
|parent rank=subgenus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Juncaceae
|phenology=Flowering and fruiting summer.
|habitat=Dry to mesic open montane forests and forest margins to borders of bogs, marshes, and river bars
|elevation=0–1500 m
|distribution=B.C.;N.W.T.;Yukon;Alaska;Asia.
|reference=None
|publication title=Linnaea
|publication year=1849
|special status=
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|genus=Luzula
|subgenus=Luzula subg. Pterodes
|species=Luzula rufescens
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