Participant Info

Species

Luzula spicata [Gymnodes spicata] [Juncoides spicata] [Juncus spicatus] [Luciola spicata]

Family

Juncaceae

CommonName

spiked woodrush

Presence

yes

Status

native

EarliestDate

1945

LatestDate

2023

Ecosystem

montane, subalpine, tundra

Geobotanical

SSawatch, Garitas, SSanjuans, Culebras, NCristos

Counties

Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Hinsdale, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache, Archuleta, San Juan

Passes

Stony, Wolf Creek

WildlifePreserves

Other Localities

PhotoRecords

Yes Richard Haswell: Rio Grande Co, Middle San Francisco Creek traillhead, 9 June 2015

Comments

Spiked woodrush has been collected repeatedly from all mountain ranges of the Watershed, from high montane on up, usually in damp habitat. Luzula spicata is recorded in such conditions from all Western USA states. It occurs in the top two northernmost counties of New Mexico, but not farther down the Rio Grande drainage.

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