PLANTS Profile for Schedonorus pratensis (meadow fescue)

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PLANTS Profile

Schedonorus pratensis (Huds.) P. Beauv.
meadow fescue

Symbol:

SCPR4

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		I
AK		I
CAN		I
GL		I
SPM		I

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Photo of Schedonorus pratensis (Huds.) P. Beauv.

Festuca pratensis

Robert H. Mohlenbrock. USDA SCS. 1989. Midwest wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide to plant species. Midwest National Technical Center, Lincoln. Courtesy of USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute. Usage Requirements.

More Information:

Synonym Information:

LOPR7: Characteristics

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Schedonorus pratensis (Huds.) P. Beauv.

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Synonyms:
Schedonorus pratensis (Huds.) P. Beauv.

FEEL	Festuca elatior L. p.p.
FEPR	Festuca pratensis Huds.
LOPR7	Lolium pratense (Huds.) S.J. Darbyshire	meadow fescue

Distribution:
Schedonorus pratensis (Huds.) P. Beauv.


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See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY), CAN (AB, BC, LB, MB, NB, NF, NS, ON, PE, QC, SK, YT), DEN (GL), FRA (SPM)

Related Taxa:
Schedonorus pratensis (Huds.) P. Beauv.

View 338 genera in Poaceae, 4 species in Schedonorus

Classification:
Schedonorus pratensis (Huds.) P. Beauv.

Click on a scientific name below to expand it in the PLANTS Classification Report.


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	Schedonorus P. Beauv.
Species	Schedonorus pratensis (Huds.) P. Beauv. – meadow fescue

U.S. Weed Information:
Schedonorus pratensis (Huds.) P. Beauv.

Festuca pratensis
tall fescue

The related entities and synonyms italicized and indented above can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.

SEEPPC

Southeast Exotic Pest Plant Council. 1996. Invasive exotic pest plants in Tennessee (19 October 1999). Research Committee of the Tennessee Exotic Pest Plant Council. Tennessee.

Introduced Information:
Schedonorus pratensis (Huds.) P. Beauv.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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Wetland Indicator Status:
Schedonorus pratensis (Huds.) P. Beauv.

Festuca pratensis:

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-,FAC

FACU-

FACU

FACU-

FAC

FACU

FACU+

FACU*

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Schedonorus pratensis (Huds.) P. Beauv.

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

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

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

View photographs and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

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

Related Web Sites:
Schedonorus pratensis (Huds.) P. Beauv.

IA-Grasses of Iowa

MO-Missouri Vegetation Management Manual

Novon-Realignment of Festuca Subgenus Schedonorus

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