PLANTS Profile for Festuca campestris (rough fescue)

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PLANTS Profile

Festuca campestris Rydb.
rough fescue

Symbol:

FECA4

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

More Information:

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Festuca campestris Rydb.

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Synonyms:
Festuca campestris Rydb.

	FEALM	Festuca altaica Trin. var. major (Vasey) Gleason
	FESCM	Festuca scabrella Torr. ex Hook. var. major Vasey

Distribution:
Festuca campestris Rydb.


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USA (CO, ID, MT, OR, WA), CAN (AB, BC, ON, SK)

Related Taxa:
Festuca campestris Rydb.

View 341 genera in Poaceae, 83 species in Festuca

Classification:
Festuca campestris 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 campestris Rydb. – rough fescue

More Accounts and Images:
Festuca campestris Rydb.

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

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 502599.

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 campestris Rydb.

Festuca of North America Descriptions and Identification

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