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|accepted_name=Luzula spicata
|accepted_authority=(Linnaeus) de Candolle in J. Lamarck and A. P. de Candolle
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=in J. Lamarck and A. P. de Candolle,Fl. France, ed. 3
|place=1: 161. 1805
|year=1805
}}
|common_names=Spiked wood rush
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Juncus spicatus
|authority=Linnaeus
|publication_title=Sp. Pl.
|publication_place=1: 330. 1753
}}
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Juncaceae;Luzula;Luzula subg. Luzula;Luzula spicata
|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. Luzula]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Luzula spicata]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 22
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Culms </b>densely cespitose, reddish, 3–33 cm, base thick, extending 1–8 cm into soil. <b>Leaves</b>: sheath throats densely hairy; basal leaves erect, channeled, linear, 2–15 cm × 1–4 mm, apex not callous; cauline leaves 2–3. <b>Inflorescences</b> panicles of dense, nodding, spikelike clusters (each 1–25 mm), often interrupted by 10–70 mm; proximal inflorescence bract conspicuous, generally exceeding inflorescence; bracts clear; bracteoles clear, margins ciliate, apex narrow, extended. <b>Flowers</b>: tepals brown with clear margins or very pale throughout (outer whorl bristle-pointed), 2–2.5 mm; outer whorl longer than inner whorl; anthers ± equaling filaments. <b>Capsules</b> pale to dark brown or blackish, round (apex ± acute), generally shorter than tepals, apex ± acute. <b>Seeds</b> brown, cylindric-ovoid, body 1–1.2 mm; caruncle 0.2 mm. <b>2n</b> = 24.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering and fruiting summer.
|habitat=Alpine slopes and heaths, dry or damp situations among grasses, herbs, or lichens, and in subalpine forests
|elevation=0–3700 m
|distribution=Circumpolar;Greenland;St. Pierre and Miquelon;Alta.;B.C.;Man.;Nfld. and Labr.;N.W.T.;Nunavut;Que.;Yukon;Alaska;Calif.;Colo.;Idaho;Maine;Mont.;Nev.;N.H.;N.Mex.;N.Y.;Oreg.;Utah;Vt.;Wash.;Wyo.;Eurasia.
|discussion=<p>The culms of <i>Luzula spicata</i> are thick and reddish with bases extending 1–8 cm into the soil; sheath throats are densely hairy; basal leaves are erect, linear, and channeled; inflorescence bracts are conspicuous and often exceed glomerules; and bracteoles have narrow and extended apices.</p>
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name=Luzula spicata
|author=
|authority=(Linnaeus) de Candolle in J. Lamarck and A. P. de Candolle
|rank=species
|parent rank=subgenus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Juncus spicatus
|family=Juncaceae
|phenology=Flowering and fruiting summer.
|habitat=Alpine slopes and heaths, dry or damp situations among grasses, herbs, or lichens, and in subalpine forests
|elevation=0–3700 m
|distribution=Circumpolar;Greenland;St. Pierre and Miquelon;Alta.;B.C.;Man.;Nfld. and Labr.;N.W.T.;Nunavut;Que.;Yukon;Alaska;Calif.;Colo.;Idaho;Maine;Mont.;Nev.;N.H.;N.Mex.;N.Y.;Oreg.;Utah;Vt.;Wash.;Wyo.;Eurasia.
|reference=None
|publication title=in J. Lamarck and A. P. de Candolle,Fl. France, ed. 3
|publication year=1805
|special status=
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|genus=Luzula
|subgenus=Luzula subg. Luzula
|species=Luzula spicata
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