PLANTS Profile for Festuca heteromalla (varioushair fescue)

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Festuca heteromalla Pourr.
varioushair fescue

Symbol:

FEHE2

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48

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Festuca heteromalla Pourr.

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Synonyms:
Festuca heteromalla Pourr.

	FEDI	Festuca diffusa Dumort.
	FEDIM	Festuca diffusa Dumort. var. multiflora (Hoffm.) Asch. & Graebn.
	FEFA	Festuca fallax Thuill.
	FEMU	Festuca multiflora Hoffm.
	FERUB2	Festuca rubra L. ssp. bartherei (Timb.-Lagr.) P. Fourn.
	FERUM6	Festuca rubra L. ssp. megastachys Gaudin
	FERUG	Festuca rubra L. var. grandiflora Hack.
	FERUM7	Festuca rubra L. var. megastachys (Gaudin) Hegi
	FERUM	Festuca rubra L. var. multiflora (Hoffm.) Asch. & Graebn.

Distribution:
Festuca heteromalla Pourr.


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USA (MA, ME, NH, VT, WI)

Related Taxa:
Festuca heteromalla Pourr.

View 341 genera in Poaceae, 83 species in Festuca

Classification:
Festuca heteromalla Pourr.

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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 heteromalla Pourr. – varioushair fescue

Introduced Information:
Festuca heteromalla Pourr.

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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More Accounts and Images:
Festuca heteromalla Pourr.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 565188.

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

Related Web Sites:
Festuca heteromalla Pourr.

Festuca of North America Descriptions and Identification

Time Generated: 01/03/2013 11:22 PM CST