PLANTS Profile for Festuca altaica (Altai fescue)

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Festuca altaica Trin.
Altai fescue

Symbol:

FEAL

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		N
AK		N
CAN		N

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Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 273. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Festuca altaica Trin.

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Synonyms:
Festuca altaica Trin.

	FEALS	Festuca altaica Trin. ssp. scabrella (Torr. ex Hook.) Hultén
	FEALS2	Festuca altaica Trin. var. scabrella (Torr. ex Hook.) Breitung
	FESC	Festuca scabrella Torr. ex Hook.

Distribution:
Festuca altaica Trin.


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USA (AK, MI), CAN (AB, BC, LB, MB, NF, NT, QC, SK, YT)

Related Taxa:
Festuca altaica Trin.

View 338 genera in Poaceae, 84 species in Festuca

Classification:
Festuca altaica Trin.

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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 altaica Trin. – Altai fescue

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Festuca altaica Trin.

The 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.

Michigan:
Festuca scabrella
rough fescue		Threatened

Wetland Indicator Status:
Festuca altaica Trin.

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

UPL,FAC

FACU*

UPL

FACU*

FAC

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Festuca altaica Trin.

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 40808.

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

Time Generated: 10/24/2008 04:03 PM MDT