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Festuca rubra L.
red fescue

       
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Photo of Festuca rubra L.
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Festuca rubra L.

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Distribution:
Festuca rubra L.

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Distribution Map Legend

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USA (AK, AL, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, GA, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OR, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY), CAN (AB, BC, LB, MB, NB, NF, NS, NT, NU, ON, PE, QC, SK, YT), DEN (GL), FRA (SPM)
 

Related Taxa:
Festuca rubra L.

View 338 genera in Poaceae, 84 species in Festuca or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.
Distribution of Festuca rubra L. ssp. arctica (Hack.) Govor.. .
Festuca rubra ssp. arctica
Richardson's fescue
Distribution of Festuca rubra L. ssp. arenaria (Osbeck) F. Aresch.. .
Festuca rubra ssp. arenaria
red fescue
Distribution of Festuca rubra L. ssp. aucta (Krecz. & Bobr.) Hultén. .
Festuca rubra ssp. aucta
red fescue
Distribution of Festuca rubra L. ssp. fallax (Thuill.) Nyman. .
Festuca rubra ssp. fallax
Chewing's fescue
Distribution of Festuca rubra L. ssp. mediana (Pavlick) Pavlick. .
Festuca rubra ssp. mediana
Distribution of Festuca rubra L. ssp. pruinosa (Hack.) Piper. .
Festuca rubra ssp. pruinosa
Distribution of Festuca rubra L. ssp. rubra. .
Festuca rubra ssp. rubra
red fescue
Distribution of Festuca rubra L. ssp. secunda (J. Presl) Pavlick. .
Festuca rubra ssp. secunda
red fescue
Distribution of Festuca rubra L. ssp. vallicola (Rydb.) Pavlick. .
Festuca rubra ssp. vallicola
red fescue
Plant is native (blue) Native   Plant is introduced Introduced
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Classification:
Festuca rubra L.

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Kingdom Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass Commelinidae
Order Cyperales
Family Poaceae – Grass family
Genus Festuca L. – fescue
Species Festuca rubra L. – red fescue
 

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Festuca rubra L.

The related entities and synonyms italicized and indented below are listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Maine:
Festuca prolifera [=FERUR2]
Arctic red fescue              Endangered
New Hampshire:
Festuca rubra var. prolifera [=FERUR2]
proliferous fescue              Endangered
 

Introduced Information:
Festuca rubra L.

This plant is introduced to the United States from another country or countries. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of U.S. introduced plants.

Scientific Name= A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | all
Common Name= A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | all
 

Wetland Indicator Status:
Festuca rubra L.

Nat. Ind. Reg. 1 Reg. 2 Reg. 3 Reg. 4 Reg. 5 Reg. 6 Reg. 7 Reg. 8 Reg. 9 Reg. 0 Reg. A Reg. C Reg. H
FACU,FACW- FACU FACU+ FAC- NO FAC FAC* FACW- FAC FAC+ FAC FAC NO NO
Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status
 

Wildlife Habitat Values:
Festuca rubra L.

  Large Mammals Small Mammals Water Birds Terrestrial Birds
Source Large Mammals Food Large Mammals Cover Small Mammals Food Small Mammals Cover Water Birds Food Water Birds Cover Terrestrial Birds Food Terrestrial Birds Cover
Quinlan     Low Low     Low Low
Wildlife Habitat Values

 

Quinlan, S.E., and S. Cuccarese. 2004. Native Alaskan and exotic plants used by wildlife(http://www.wildlife.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=birds.plants, 4 April 2005). Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Anchorage.

 

More Accounts and Images:
Festuca rubra L.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account from USDA Forest Service Fire Effects Information System (FEIS).

View species account and distribution map from the Grass Manual on the Web.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 40796.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View 2 propagation protocols from Native Plants Network.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

 

Related Web Sites:
Festuca rubra L.

CA-Jepson Flora Project

CA-Wildflowers of Southern California

Festuca of North America (DELTA)

Festuca of North America Descriptions and Identification

HI-Plants of Hawaii (HEAR)

IA-Grasses of Iowa

MO-Missouri Botanical Garden Plant Finder

OH-Ohio State University Seed ID Workshop

Purdue University, Center for New Crops & Plants Products: abstract & bibliography

UK-Skye Flora

USDA NRCS Northeast Wetland Flora (USGS)

USDI FWS-Chesapeake Bay Watershed

WV-Identification of Common Grasses (line drawings of collar area)

 
 
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