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Fen Wood-rush

Luzula pallescens

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 842, February 622, March 974, April 1,533, May 2,210, June 2,410, July 2,579, August 2,218, September 1,628, October 1,215, November 664, December 519.
United States17,422
Alaska17,414
Russia704
Vladimir Oblast126
Moscow Oblast109
Ukraine88
Moscow54
Kostroma Oblast47
Canada37
Bryansk Oblast34

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Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
Classmonocots · Liliopsida
Ordergrasses, sedges, cattails, and allies · Poales
FamilyRushes and Allies · Juncaceae
Genuswoodrushes · Luzula

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