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Vulpia octoflora (Walter) Rydb.
sixweeks fescue

       
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Vulpia octoflora (Walter) Rydb.

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Distribution:
Vulpia octoflora (Walter) Rydb.

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See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:

USA (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, MB, ON, QC, SK)
 

Related Taxa:
Vulpia octoflora (Walter) Rydb.

View 338 genera in Poaceae, 11 species in Vulpia or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.
Distribution of Vulpia octoflora (Walter) Rydb. var. glauca (Nutt.) Fernald. .
Vulpia octoflora var. glauca
sixweeks fescue
Distribution of Vulpia octoflora (Walter) Rydb. var. hirtella (Piper) Henr.. .
Vulpia octoflora var. hirtella
sixweeks fescue
Distribution of Vulpia octoflora (Walter) Rydb. var. octoflora. . Image Available.
Vulpia octoflora var. octoflora
sixweeks fescue
Plant is native (blue) Native   Plant is introduced Introduced
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Classification:
Vulpia octoflora (Walter) 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 Vulpia C.C. Gmel. – fescue
Species Vulpia octoflora (Walter) Rydb. – sixweeks fescue
 

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Vulpia octoflora (Walter) Rydb.

This plant and 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.

New Hampshire:
Festuca octoflora var. tenella [=VUOCG]
slender 8-flowered fescue              Endangered
Vermont:
eight-flowered fescue              Endangered
 

U.S. Weed Information:
Vulpia octoflora (Walter) Rydb.

pullout grass
sixweeks fescue
sixweeks grass

This plant 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.

NE&GP        Stubbendieck, J., G.Y. Friisoe, & M.R. Bolick. 1994. Weeds of Nebraska and the Great Plains. Nebraska Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry. Lincoln, Nebraska. 589pp.
 

Wetland Indicator Status:
Vulpia octoflora (Walter) Rydb.

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
UPL,FACU+ UPL FACU+ FACU-* FACU UPL NI NI UPL UPL UPL NO NO NO
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More Accounts and Images:
Vulpia octoflora (Walter) Rydb.

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

View species account and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

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 42264.

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).

 
 
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