PLANTS Profile for Festuca elmeri (coast fescue)

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PLANTS Profile

Festuca elmeri Scribn. & Merr.
coast fescue

Symbol:

FEEL2

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48

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Line Drawing of Festuca elmeri Scribn. & Merr.

Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950. Manual of the grasses of the United States. USDA Miscellaneous Publication No. 200. Washington, DC. 1950. Usage Requirements.

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Festuca elmeri Scribn. & Merr.

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Synonyms:
Festuca elmeri Scribn. & Merr.

	FEELL	Festuca elmeri Scribn. & Merr. ssp. luxurians Piper
	FEELC	Festuca elmeri Scribn. & Merr. var. conferta (Hack. ex Beal) Hitchc.

Distribution:
Festuca elmeri Scribn. & Merr.


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USA (CA, OR)

Related Taxa:
Festuca elmeri Scribn. & Merr.

View 342 genera in Poaceae, 83 species in Festuca

Classification:
Festuca elmeri Scribn. & Merr.

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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 elmeri Scribn. & Merr. – coast fescue

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Festuca elmeri Scribn. & Merr.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

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 40813.

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

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Festuca elmeri Scribn. & Merr.

Festuca of North America Descriptions and Identification

Time Generated: 06/19/2013 06:37 AM CDT