PLANTS Profile for Festuca brevipila (hard fescue)

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Festuca brevipila Tracey
hard fescue

Symbol:

FEBR7

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		I
CAN		I

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Festuca longifolia

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More Information:

Synonym Information:

FETR3: Characteristics
FETR3: Fact Sheet (pdf) (doc)

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Festuca brevipila Tracey

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Synonyms:
Festuca brevipila Tracey

FECI	Festuca cinerea auct. non Vill.
FEDU	Festuca duriuscula auct. non L.
FEDUC	Festuca duriuscula L. var. cinerea auct. non (Vill.) Krajina
FELO	Festuca longifolia auct. non Thuill.
FEMI4	Festuca michiganica Alexeev
FEOV2	Festuca ovina auct. non L.
FEOVD	Festuca ovina L. var. duriuscula auct. non (L.) W.D.J. Koch
FETR3	Festuca trachyphylla (Hack.) Krajina, nom. illeg.	hard fescue

Distribution:
Festuca brevipila Tracey


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USA (AL, CA, CT, DC, GA, IA, IL, IN, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, ND, NH, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, TN, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY), CAN (AB, BC, MB, NB, NS, NT, ON, PE, QC, SK, YT), DEN (GL)

Related Taxa:
Festuca brevipila Tracey

View 341 genera in Poaceae, 83 species in Festuca

Classification:
Festuca brevipila Tracey

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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 brevipila Tracey – hard fescue

Introduced Information:
Festuca brevipila Tracey

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:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Festuca brevipila Tracey

Festuca ovina:

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