familyPoaceae
subfamilyPoaceae subfam. Pooideae
tribePoaceae tribe Poeae
genusFestuca
subgenusFestuca subg. Festuca
sectionFestuca sect. Festuca
speciesFestuca rubra
subspeciesFestuca rubra subsp. vallicola

Festuca rubra subsp. vallicola

(Rydb.) Pavlick
Stephen J. Darbyshire, Leon E. Pavlickf
Common names: Mountain red fescue
Endemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 24. Treatment on page 418.
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Illustrator: Cindy Roché

Copyright: Utah State University

Plants rhizomatous, often with widely spaced single culms and only a few vegetative shoots, varying to loosely cespitose. Culms (20)25-70(100) cm. Sheaths tightly enclosing the culms; vegetative shoot blades 0.5-1.5 mm in diameter, conduplicate, deep green, abaxial surfaces smooth to slightly scabrous, adaxial surfaces scabrous on the ribs; cauline blades conduplicate or flat; abaxial sclerenchyma in narrow strands; adaxial sclerenchyma absent. Inflorescences 5-8 cm, closed or open. Spikelets 8-11 mm, with 4-7 florets. Lower glumes 2-3 mm; upper glumes 4-5 mm, acute to acuminate; lemmas 5-6 mm, pale green with violet borders, smooth or scabrous near the apices, apices awned, awns 1-2.5(4) mm; anthers 2-2.6 mm. 2n = unknown.

Discussion

Festuca rubra subsp. vallicola grows in moist meadows, lake margins, and disturbed soil, at 1000-2000 m, in montane and subalpine habitats from the Yukon Territory/British Columbia border area south to Wyoming.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
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Author
Stephen J. Darbyshire +  and Leon E. Pavlickf +
Authority
(Rydb.) Pavlick +
Common name
Mountain red fescue +
Distribution
Conn. +, N.J. +, N.Y. +, Wash. +, Va. +, Del. +, D.C. +, Wis. +, W.Va. +, Pacific Islands (Hawaii) +, Mass. +, Maine +, N.H. +, R.I. +, Vt. +, Oreg. +, Wyo. +, Ala. +, Ariz. +, Ga. +, Iowa +, Ill. +, Ind. +, Ky. +, Md. +, Mich. +, Minn. +, Mont. +, N.Dak. +, Nebr. +, N.Mex. +, Pa. +, S.C. +, Tex. +, N.C. +, Tenn. +, Calif. +, Nev. +, Alaska +, Colo. +, Idaho +, Alta. +, B.C. +, Greenland +, Man. +, N.B. +, Nfld. and Labr. +, N.S. +, N.W.T. +, Nunavut +, Ont. +, P.E.I. +, Que. +, Sask. +, Yukon +, Ohio +, Utah +  and Mo. +
Illustration
Present +
Illustration copyright
Utah State University +
Illustrator
Cindy Roché +
Number of lower taxa
0 +
Reference
None +
Source xml
https://bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation/src/200273ad09963decb8fc72550212de541d86569d/coarse grained fna xml/V24/V24 592.xml +
Special status
Endemic +
Synonyms
Gramineae +
Taxon family
Poaceae +
Taxon name
Festuca rubra subsp. vallicola +
Taxon parent
Festuca rubra +
Taxon rank
subspecies +
Volume
Volume 24 +