OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Festuca trachyphylla   FAMILY Poaceae   Go to FSUS key



(?) 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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image of Festuca trachyphylla, Hard Fescue

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

(?) 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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

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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