PLANTS Profile for Festuca arvernensis (field fescue)

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Festuca arvernensis Auquier, Kerguélen & Markgr.-Dannenb.
field fescue

Symbol:

FEAR4

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48

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Photo of Festuca arvernensis Auquier, Kerguélen & Markgr.-Dannenb.

Festuca ovina var. glauca

Jose Hernandez. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. Soviet Union (Former). Usage Requirements.

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Festuca arvernensis Auquier, Kerguélen & Markgr.-Dannenb.

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Synonyms:
Festuca arvernensis Auquier, Kerguélen & Markgr.-Dannenb.

	FEGL	Festuca glauca Lam., non Vill.
	FEOVG	Festuca ovina L. var. glauca (Lam.) W.D.J. Koch

Distribution:
Festuca arvernensis Auquier, Kerguélen & Markgr.-Dannenb.


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USA (CA, NM)

Related Taxa:
Festuca arvernensis Auquier, Kerguélen & Markgr.-Dannenb.

View 342 genera in Poaceae, 83 species in Festuca

Classification:
Festuca arvernensis Auquier, Kerguélen & Markgr.-Dannenb.

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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 arvernensis Auquier, Kerguélen & Markgr.-Dannenb. – field fescue

Introduced Information:
Festuca arvernensis Auquier, Kerguélen & Markgr.-Dannenb.

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 arvernensis Auquier, Kerguélen & Markgr.-Dannenb.

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 502597.

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

View species account from Kemper Center for Home Gardening.

Time Generated: 05/21/2013 10:05 PM CDT