Luzula Forsteri
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''Luzula forsteri'', commonly known as southern wood-rush, is a species of
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family that is native to
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. There is a record of it having been collected at Salem, Oregon in 1910. The species was named for Edward Forster the Younger (1765–1849).James Edward Smith. Flora Britannica. 1804. vol. 3: p. 1359


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forsteri Flora of Europe Flora of North Africa Flora of Western Asia Plants described in 1804 Taxa named by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle Taxa named by James Edward Smith {{Poales-stub