Luzula bulbosa

ClassificationMonocots
FamilyJuncaceae
Family (Traditional)Juncaceae
GenusLuzula
Species:Luzula bulbosa (Alph. Wood) Smyth & L. C. Smyth
Common NameBulbous Woodrush
Growth Habitgraminoid
Plant Notes**
CharacteristicsArmaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: No; Woody Herbaceous: Herbaceous; Natural Area Presence: DRU; Natural Area Presence: FCFSP; Natural Area Presence: GRSM; Natural Area Presence: LRC; Natural Area Presence: LULA; Natural Area Presence: RCSP; Natural Area Presence: SGSNA; Natural Area Presence: WOLF; Duration: Perennial; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: graminoid; Moisture Requirements: Xeric; Moisture Requirements: Sub-xeric; Moisture Requirements: Dry-mesic; Region of Origin: North America; Reproductive Phenology: March; Reproductive Phenology: April; Reproductive Phenology: May; Reproductive Phenology: June; Reproductive Phenology: July; Reproductive Phenology: August; Leaf Arrangement: alternate; Leaf Arrangement: basal; Leaf Complexity: simple; Leaf Dissection: 0; Leaf Fragrance: No; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaf Petiole Type: sessile; Leaf Type: grass-like; Leaf Venation: parallel; Leaflet Margins: entire; Leaflet Number: 0; Base Flower Color: Brown (incl. Maroon); Base Flower Color: Green; Fruit Dehiscence: Yes; Fruit Type: Capsule; Fruit Wet/Dry: Dry; Hypanthium Present: No; Ovary Position: Superior; Overall Flower Symmetry: Actinomorphic; Perianth Present: Yes; Sexuality: monoclinous; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A
C value 6
StatusNative; AGCP (FACU), EMP (FACU) (NWPL); TN[SNR] KY[S4?] (State Rank); G5 (Global Rank)
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** Not applicable or data not available.

Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display the its name. Click the question mark icon () to view additional information about the ecoregions shown. In the map legend, there are links to toggle the visibility of the ecoregions and/or their labels. In addition, clicking on an ecoregion name will highlight that region on the map.

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Ecoregions
  • Southeastern Plains
    • Blackland Prarie
  • Blue Ridge Mountains
  • Ridge and Valley
  • Cumberland Plateau
  • Cumberland Mountains
  • Allegheny Plateau
  • Interior Plateau
    • Bluegrass Region
    • Nashville Basin
    • Pennyroyal Karst Plain
    • Western Highland Rim
    • Eastern Highland Rim

Synonyms

No synonyms exist for this species.

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort.

Counties included on distribution map: Bell (KY), Calloway (KY), Crittenden (KY), Edmonson (KY), Fleming (KY), Livingston (KY), Lyon (KY), McCracken (KY), McCreary (KY), Powell (KY), Warren (KY), Bledsoe (TN), Blount (TN), Bradley (TN), Campbell (TN), Carroll (TN), Carter (TN), Cheatham (TN), Claiborne (TN), Coffee (TN), Cumberland (TN), Dickson (TN), Fayette (TN), Franklin (TN), Grundy (TN), Hamblen (TN), Hamilton (TN), Hardeman (TN), Haywood (TN), Henry (TN), Houston (TN), Humphreys (TN), Jackson (TN), Marion (TN), Meigs (TN), Monroe (TN), Montgomery (TN), Morgan (TN), Overton (TN), Perry (TN), Polk (TN), Putnam (TN), Rhea (TN), Roane (TN), Sequatchie (TN), Stewart (TN), Unicoi (TN), Van Buren (TN), Washington (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: APSC, BEREA, EKY, ETSU, HTTU, KNK, MDKY, MEM, TENN, UCHT, UOS, UTM

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1946 - 2018

Accession No. (click for full details) County State Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
31234100781754 Powell Kentucky 12 Apr 2018 Thomas McFadden
845
EKY
Luzula bulbosa
BEREA004935 Warren Kentucky
BEREA
Luzula bulbosa
BEREA004930 Calloway Kentucky
BEREA
Luzula bulbosa
BEREA004931 Calloway Kentucky
BEREA
Luzula bulbosa
BEREA004932 Edmonson Kentucky
BEREA
Luzula bulbosa
BEREA004936 Warren Kentucky
BEREA
Luzula bulbosa
ETSU002715 Unicoi Tennessee 04 Jun 2011 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Luzula bulbosa
ETSU002714 Unicoi Tennessee 21 May 2011 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Luzula bulbosa
N/A Unicoi Tennessee 06 May 2012 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Luzula bulbosa
ETSU002716 Unicoi Tennessee 17 May 2014 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Luzula bulbosa
31973000014531 Calloway Kentucky
KNK
Luzula bulbosa
MDKY00005671 Fleming Kentucky
MDKY
Luzula bulbosa
TENN-V-0064376 Franklin Tennessee
TENN
Luzula bulbosa
TENN-V-0064381 Franklin Tennessee
TENN
Luzula bulbosa
TENN-V-0064388 Haywood Tennessee
TENN
Luzula bulbosa
TENN-V-0064386 Hamilton Tennessee
TENN
Luzula bulbosa
TENN-V-0064402 Rhea Tennessee
TENN
Luzula bulbosa
TENN-V-0064385 Hamblen Tennessee
TENN
Luzula bulbosa
TENN-V-0064403 Roane Tennessee
TENN
Luzula bulbosa
TENN-V-0064370 Claiborne Tennessee
TENN
Luzula bulbosa
TENN-V-0064407 Van Buren Tennessee
TENN
Luzula bulbosa
TENN-V-0064405 Unicoi Tennessee
TENN
Luzula bulbosa
TENN-V-0064391 Henry Tennessee
TENN
Luzula bulbosa
TENN-V-0064369 Campbell Tennessee
TENN
Luzula bulbosa
TENN-V-0064578 Polk Tennessee
TENN
Luzula bulbosa
TENN-V-0064406 Van Buren Tennessee
TENN
Luzula bulbosa
TENN-V-0064367 Blount Tennessee
TENN
Luzula bulbosa
TENN-V-0064397 Morgan Tennessee
TENN
Luzula bulbosa
TENN-V-0064373 Dickson Tennessee
TENN
Luzula bulbosa
TENN-V-0064390 Haywood Tennessee
TENN
Luzula bulbosa
TENN-V-0064374 Fayette Tennessee
TENN
Luzula bulbosa
TENN-V-0064396 Montgomery Tennessee
TENN
Luzula bulbosa
TENN-V-0064368 Bradley Tennessee
TENN
Luzula bulbosa
TENN-V-0064382 Franklin Tennessee
TENN
Luzula bulbosa
TENN-V-0064384 Grundy Tennessee
TENN
Luzula bulbosa
TENN-V-0064401 Polk Tennessee
TENN
Luzula bulbosa
TENN-V-0064395 Monroe Tennessee
TENN
Luzula bulbosa
TENN-V-0064400 Perry Tennessee
TENN
Luzula bulbosa
TENN-V-0064375 Franklin Tennessee
TENN
Luzula bulbosa
TENN-V-0064399 Overton Tennessee
TENN
Luzula bulbosa
TENN-V-0064567 Kentucky
TENN
Luzula bulbosa
TENN-V-0064398 Overton Tennessee
TENN
Luzula bulbosa
TENN-V-0064387 Hamilton Tennessee
TENN
Luzula bulbosa
TENN-V-0064392 Houston Tennessee
TENN
Luzula bulbosa
TENN-V-0064566 McCreary Kentucky
TENN
Luzula bulbosa
TENN-V-0064564 Bell Kentucky
TENN
Luzula bulbosa
TENN-V-0064389 Haywood Tennessee
TENN
Luzula bulbosa
TENN-V-0064371 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Luzula bulbosa
TENN-V-0064379 Franklin Tennessee
TENN
Luzula bulbosa
TENN-V-0064563 Bell Kentucky
TENN
Luzula bulbosa
TENN-V-0064378 Franklin Tennessee
TENN
Luzula bulbosa
TENN-V-0064372 Dickson Tennessee
TENN
Luzula bulbosa
TENN-V-0064393 Jackson Tennessee
TENN
Luzula bulbosa
TENN-V-0064366 Bledsoe Tennessee
TENN
Luzula bulbosa
TENN-V-0064404 Roane Tennessee
TENN
Luzula bulbosa
TENN-V-0064380 Franklin Tennessee
TENN
Luzula bulbosa
TENN-V-0064377 Franklin Tennessee
TENN
Luzula bulbosa
TENN-V-0064408 Washington Tennessee
TENN
Luzula bulbosa
TENN-V-0064383 Franklin Tennessee
TENN
Luzula bulbosa
TENN-V-0064565 Bell Kentucky
TENN
Luzula bulbosa
TENN-V-0064394 Meigs Tennessee
TENN
Luzula bulbosa
UCHT005371 Marion Tennessee 11 May 1998 John Beck
1784
UCHT
Luzula bulbosa
UCHT005372 Polk Tennessee 15 Apr 1981 Larry G. Williams
1545
UCHT
Luzula bulbosa
UCHT005383 Polk Tennessee 17 May 2012 Aaron Floden
2012-124
UCHT
Luzula bulbosa
APSC0052776 Dickson Tennessee
APSC
Luzula bulbosa
APSC0099932 Coffee Tennessee
APSC
Luzula bulbosa
APSC0109415 Putnam Tennessee
APSC
Luzula bulbosa
APSC0035577 Montgomery Tennessee 30 Mar 1946 Alfred Clebsch
APSC
Luzula bulbosa
APSC0035570 Hamilton Tennessee
APSC
Luzula bulbosa
APSC0035572 Dickson Tennessee
APSC
Luzula bulbosa
APSC0035573 Van Buren Tennessee
APSC
Luzula bulbosa
APSC0035565 Stewart Tennessee 25 Apr 1988 Chengxia You
APSC
Luzula bulbosa
APSC0085450 Hardeman Tennessee
APSC
Luzula bulbosa
APSC0099919 Bell Kentucky
APSC
Luzula bulbosa
APSC0035568 Cheatham Tennessee
APSC
Luzula bulbosa
APSC0035571 Stewart Tennessee 09 Apr 1982 Edward Chester
APSC
Luzula bulbosa
APSC0054693 Hamilton Tennessee
APSC
Luzula bulbosa
APSC0035576 Cheatham Tennessee
APSC
Luzula bulbosa
APSC0035574 Fayette Tennessee
APSC
Luzula bulbosa
APSC0035567 Lyon Kentucky
APSC
Luzula bulbosa
APSC0040624 Polk Tennessee
APSC
Luzula bulbosa
APSC0035564 Stewart Tennessee 28 Apr 1980 Jackie Stack
APSC
Luzula bulbosa
APSC0101294 Montgomery Tennessee 30 Mar 1946 Alfred Clebsch
APSC
Luzula bulbosa
APSC0035566 Lyon Kentucky
APSC
Luzula bulbosa
APSC0055066 Sequatchie Tennessee
APSC
Luzula bulbosa
APSC0035575 Montgomery Tennessee 10 Apr 1981 Edward Chester
APSC
Luzula bulbosa
APSC0109416 Humphreys Tennessee
APSC
Luzula bulbosa
HTTU017793 Putnam Tennessee
HTTU
Luzula bulbosa
HTTU028866 Cumberland Tennessee
HTTU
Luzula bulbosa
HTTU021277 Cumberland Tennessee
HTTU
Luzula bulbosa
UYHT030056 Bradley Tennessee
UCHT
Luzula bulbosa
UCHT030057 Tennessee
UCHT
Luzula bulbosa
UOS07286 Franklin Tennessee 23 Apr 1959 J.R. Carter
UOS
Luzula bulbosa
UOS07284 Franklin Tennessee 31 Mar 1960 Paul Goddard
UOS
Luzula bulbosa
UOS07287 Franklin Tennessee 11 Apr 2006 Yolande M. Gottfried
UOS
Luzula bulbosa
UOS07285 Franklin Tennessee 03 Apr 1986 R.K. Clements
UOS
Luzula bulbosa
UTM00291 Carroll Tennessee
UTM
Luzula bulbosa
ETSU033504 Carter Tennessee 22 May 2012 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Luzula bulbosa
MEM007625 McCracken Kentucky 24 Apr 1972 Raymond Athey
1609
MEM
Luzula bulbosa
MEM014023 Crittenden Kentucky 11 May 1978 Raymond Athey
3984
MEM
Luzula bulbosa
MEM005599 Livingston Kentucky 07 May 1970 Raymond Athey
870
MEM
Luzula bulbosa
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