PLANTS Profile for Festuca saximontana (Rocky Mountain fescue)

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PLANTS Profile

Festuca saximontana Rydb.
Rocky Mountain fescue

Symbol:

FESA

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		N
AK		N
CAN		N
GL		N

More Information:

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Festuca saximontana Rydb.

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Distribution:
Festuca saximontana Rydb.


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See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AK, AZ, CA, CO, IA, ID, KS, MI, MN, MT, ND, NE, NM, NV, NY, OR, SD, UT, VT, WA, WI, WY), CAN (AB, BC, LB, MB, NF, NT, ON, QC, SK, YT), DEN (GL)

Related Taxa:
Festuca saximontana Rydb.

View 338 genera in Poaceae, 84 species in Festuca or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Festuca saximontana var. purpusiana
Rocky Mountain fescue

Festuca saximontana var. saximontana
Rocky Mountain fescue

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Festuca saximontana Rydb.

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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 saximontana Rydb. – Rocky Mountain fescue

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Festuca saximontana Rydb.

This plant is 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.

New York:
sheep fescue		Endangered

More Accounts and Images:
Festuca saximontana Rydb.

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 502611.

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 1 propagation protocol from Native Plants Network.

Related Web Sites:
Festuca saximontana Rydb.

Festuca of North America Descriptions and Identification

Time Generated: 10/26/2008 05:51 PM MDT