Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Festuca trachyphylla
FAMILY
Poaceae
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PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Festuca brevipila
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Festuca trachyphylla
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 24 (2007)
Festuca trachyphylla
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Festuca trachyphylla
INCLUDED WITHIN (IN A BROAD SENSE) (MISAPPLIED AS TO OUR MATERIAL VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-18-006:
Festuca ovina FAMILY Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED AS TO OUR MATERIAL) Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Festuca ovina var. duriuscula
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Festuca ovina var. ovina
INCLUDED WITHIN (IN A BROAD SENSE) (MISAPPLIED AS TO OUR MATERIAL Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Festuca ovina
COMMON NAME:
Hard Fescue
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmfovina_mj
Month Unknown Ashe County NC
Mount Jefferson
Culms densely tufted, usually 20-40cm tall; blades slender, involute, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Festuca trachyphylla
FAMILY
Poaceae
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PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Festuca brevipila
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Festuca trachyphylla
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 24
Festuca trachyphylla
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Festuca trachyphylla
INCLUDED WITHIN (IN A BROAD SENSE) (MISAPPLIED AS TO OUR MATERIAL
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-18-006:
Festuca ovina
FAMILY
Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED AS TO OUR MATERIAL)
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Festuca ovina var. duriuscula
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Festuca ovina var. ovina
INCLUDED WITHIN (IN A BROAD SENSE) (MISAPPLIED AS TO OUR MATERIAL
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Festuca ovina
2476
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Habitat: Meadows, pastures, disturbed areas, often used for soil stabilization, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: Eurasia
Rare
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LEAVES:
Simple
Mostly basal
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
3 stamens
Inflorescence a panicle
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Grain reddish
Grain
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