Hitchcock's Woodrush, Hitchcock's Smooth Woodrush, Smooth Woodrush
Luzula hitchcockii
Synonyms: Luzula glabrata, Luzula glabrata var. hitchcockii
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Hitchcock's
smooth woodrush are seen here at left along the South Climb Trail #183 about one-half mile uphill from the trailhead at Cold Springs, Mt. Adams Wilderness.......August 23, 2008. The photo at right shows the colorful foliage that Hitchcock's smooth woodrush displays from mid-summer onwards into late fall. Photo from the Bird Creek Meadows Trailhead for the Round the Mountain Trail #9, Yakama Nation lands at Bird Creek Meadows......August 10, 2023.
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Close-ups of the inflorescence and leaf width of Hitchcock's
smooth woodrush are seen along the South Climb Trail #183 about one-half mile uphill from the trailhead at Cold Springs, Mt. Adams Wilderness...........August 23, 2008. Note the open inflorescence of individual (rather than clustered) flowers.
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Photo at left: The atractive red-tinged basal leaves of Hitchcock's
smooth woodrush are seen in open pumice soils atop the Ridge of Wonders and
amongst the alpine trees to about 6900'............August 12, 2006.
This species of woodrush has leaves often as wide as 10-15 mm as seen here. The photo at right shows Hitchcock's woodrush in bloom along the Shorthorn Trail #12, Mt. Adams Wilderness......July 10, 2020.
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Basal leaves and inflorescence of Hitchcock's
smooth wood-rush as seen at the Bird Creek Meadows trailhead parking lot at
the southeastern corner of Mt. Adams............August 25, 2005. The flowers in the inflorescence are mostly solitary in an open
panicle as seen here.
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Additional close-up images of the basal leaves which begin to turn an attractive reddish-brown late in the summer. Photographed in open pumice soils at 6600' on the Ridge of Wonders on the eastern slopes of Mt. Adams.........August
12, 2006. This species of woodrush often has leaves as wide as 10-15 mm as seen here.
Paul Slichter