1824 J. E. Smith II. 181 L[uciola] campestris. Field Wood-rush.
1912 J. E. Wing 305 Fescues and bent were the chief grasses, with some sweet vernal, while plantain and field woodrush were the principal weeds.
1996 R. Mabey 389/1 Field wood-rush, Luzula campestris..is a widespread species of all kinds of short grassland—lawns, village greens and downland.