PLANTS Profile for Festuca ovina (sheep fescue)

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Festuca ovina L.
sheep fescue

Symbol:

FEOV

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48

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Steve Hurst. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. Poland. Usage Requirements.

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Images:
Festuca ovina L.

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Distribution:
Festuca ovina L.


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USA (CA, CT, DE, IL, MA, ME, MO, NH, OR, RI, SC, UT, VT, WA)

Related Taxa:
Festuca ovina L.

View 338 genera in Poaceae, 84 species in Festuca

Classification:
Festuca ovina 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 ovina L. – sheep fescue

Introduced Information:
Festuca ovina 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.

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More Accounts and Images:
Festuca ovina L.

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 40804.

View 2 propagation protocols from Native Plants Network.

Related Web Sites:
Festuca ovina L.

Festuca of North America Descriptions and Identification

Ohio State University: horticultural abstract & image

Swedish Virtual Flora: images & text (in Swedish)

Time Generated: 09/22/2008 10:18 AM MDT