North Carolina Wildflowers, Shrubs, and Trees

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Juncaceae > Luzula (wood-rush)
	Hedgehog Wood-rush, Spreading Wood-rush (Luzula echinata) Floodplain along the Eno River, Orange Co., NC 6 Apr 2013 Flowers occur in tight clusters and the clusters are separated by spreading branches on this woodrush that's common statewide in North Carolina in moist, forested habitats.
	Hedgehog Wood-rush, Spreading Wood-rush (Luzula echinata) Floodplain along the Eno River, Orange Co., NC 6 Apr 2013
	Hedgehog Wood-rush, Spreading Wood-rush (Luzula echinata) Floodplain along the Eno River, Orange Co., NC 6 Apr 2013

Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Common names from personal experience and supplemented by the following resources USDA plants website, Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia, and NatureServe.