PLANTS Profile for Festuca paradoxa (clustered fescue)

Name Search
name search type enter a search name
	State Search
	Advanced Search
	Search Help


	Alternative Crops
	Characteristics
	Classification
	Culturally Significant
	Distribution Update
	Fact Sheets & Plant Guides
	Invasive and Noxious Weeds
	Links
	Plant Materials Publications
	Threatened & Endangered
	Wetland Indicator Status



	40,000+ Plant Images
	Submit Your Digital Images



	Complete PLANTS Checklist
	State PLANTS Checklist
	Advanced Search Download
	Symbols for Unknown Plants
	NRCS State GSAT Lists
	NRCS State Plants Lists
	PLANTS Posters



	Crop Nutrient Tool
	Ecological Site Information System
	Plant Materials Web Site
	Other NRCS Tech Resources
	VegSpec

Printer-Friendly

PLANTS Profile

Festuca paradoxa Desv.
clustered fescue

Symbol:

FEPA2

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

Click on the image below to enlarge it and download a high-resolution TIFF file.

Festuca nutans

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 272. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

More Information:

Images:
Festuca paradoxa Desv.

Click on a thumbnail to view an image, or see all the Festuca thumbnails at the PLANTS Gallery

Synonyms:
Festuca paradoxa Desv.

	FENU	Festuca nutans Biehler
	FESH	Festuca shortii Kunth ex Alph. Wood

Distribution:
Festuca paradoxa Desv.


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AL, AR, DE, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MD, MN, MO, MS, NC, NE, OK, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, WI), CAN (ON, QC)

Related Taxa:
Festuca paradoxa Desv.

View 338 genera in Poaceae, 84 species in Festuca

Classification:
Festuca paradoxa Desv.

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	Festuca L. – fescue
Species	Festuca paradoxa Desv. – clustered fescue

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Festuca paradoxa Desv.

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.

Indiana:
cluster fescue		Endangered
Maryland:
cluster fescue		Endangered, Extirpated
Pennsylvania:
cluster fescue		Endangered
Tennessee:
cluster fescue		Special Concern

Wetland Indicator Status:
Festuca paradoxa Desv.

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

FAC

FAC-

FAC

FACU

FAC-

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Festuca paradoxa Desv.

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 40821.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

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

Related Web Sites:
Festuca paradoxa Desv.

Festuca of North America Descriptions and Identification

Time Generated: 10/21/2008 12:26 AM MDT