Luzula campestris   Field woodrush or Good Friday grass

 

 

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We have lots of this common rush in our "lawn" and I have always known it by its English name of Good Friday grass. Easter is of course a moveable feast so the date of good Friday varies but Luzula campestris always seems to bloom on Good Friday just the same. It is a very common rush in grassland an has hairy leaves and sheath from which the stem and flower emerge.

Edge of Newborough Forest 5th April 2005

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Added on April 7th 2005, new photo 1st May 2005