Luzula campestris
Tracheophyta
›Magnoliopsida›Juncaceae›Luzula›Luzula campestris
Ecology
An early-flowering, low-growing, tufted but shortly rhizomatous herb characteristic of short, unshaded, relatively infertile grassland. It is found in a range of grazed or mown, often trampled, grassy places, particularly pastures, meadows, grassy verges and lawns which are moderately acidic to slightly alkaline. Taller grassland, rocky ledges and slopes, and quarries and spoil heaps are also colonised. 0-1005 m (Carnedd Dafydd, Caerns.).
Status
Native
Trends
There has been little change in the distribution of this species since the 1962 Atlas.
World Distribution
European Temperate element.
© P. Shannon
Chester, vc58
© P. Shannon
Moore, vc58
© P. Shannon
Scotchell's Brook
© G. Toone, IWNHAS
Broad Habitats
Neutral grassland (includes coarse Arrhenatherum grassland)
Light (Ellenberg): 7
Moisture (Ellenberg): 4
Reaction (Ellenberg): 5
Nitrogen (Ellenberg): 2
Salt Tolerance (Ellenberg): 0
January Mean Temperature (Celsius): 3.5
July Mean Temperature (Celsius): 14.5
Annual Precipitation (mm): 1100
Height (cm): 15
Perennation - primary
Perennial
Life Form - primary
Hemicryptophyte
Woodiness
Herbaceous
Clonality - primary
Rhizome far-creeping
Count of 10km squares in Great Britain: 2725
Count of 10km squares in Ireland: 835
Count of 10km squares in the Channel Isles: 14
Atlas Change Index: -0.18
Weighted Changed Factor: -9
Weighted Change Factor Confidence (90%)
31
JNCC Designations
NBNSYS0000002246