Luzula Nivalis
''Luzula nivalis'', commonly known as arctic wood-rush or less commonly as snowy wood-rush (both names are used with or without hyphenation), is a species of perennial plant, perennial Juncaceae, rush native to the North American Arctic and Northern Europe. It was described by Polunin (1940) as one of the most abundant, ubiquitous, and Ecology, ecologically important of all arctic plants. Taxonomy and naming ''Luzula nivalis'' is classified under the Section (botany), section ''Thyrsanochlamydeae'' of the subgenus ''Luzula''. It belongs to the genus ''Luzula'' of the rush family (biology), family Juncaceae. With regards to the etymology of the binomial: the genus#generic name, generic name ''Luzula'' could come from the Italian language, Italian '':wikt:lucciola, lucciola'' ("to shine, sparkle") or the Latin '':wikt:luzulae, luzulae'' or '':wikt:luxulae, luxulae'', from '':wikt:lux#Latin, lux'' ("light"), inspired by the way the plant's hairs sparkle when wet with dew. '':wikt:n ...
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