Juncus spicatus L. Luzula spicata is a species of flowering plant in the rush family known by the common name spiked woodrush.

[1] It has a circumpolar distribution, occurring throughout the northern Hemisphere in Europe, Asia, and North America.

It occurs at low elevations in colder regions, such as tundra; further south it is restricted mainly to high mountains.

It is a perennial herb forming grasslike clumps of several upright, reddish stems up to about 33 centimeters in maximum height.

The surrounding bracts and the sheaths encircling the leaf bases are lined with hairs.