View source for Festuca rubra subsp. vallicola

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|accepted_name=Festuca rubra subsp. vallicola
|accepted_authority=(Rydb.) Pavlick
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|common_names=Mountain red fescue
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|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Poaceae;Poaceae subfam. Pooideae;Poaceae tribe Poeae;Festuca;Festuca subg. Festuca;Festuca sect. Festuca;Festuca rubra;Festuca rubra subsp. vallicola
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Poaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Poaceae subfam. Pooideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Poaceae tribe Poeae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Festuca]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subgenus</small>[[Festuca subg. Festuca]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>section</small>[[Festuca sect. Festuca]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Festuca rubra]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subspecies</small>[[Festuca rubra subsp. vallicola]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 24
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 418
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>rhizomatous, often with widely spaced single culms and only a few vegetative shoots, varying to loosely cespitose. <b>Culms</b> (20)25-70(100) cm. <b>Sheaths</b> 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. <b>Inflorescences</b> 5-8 cm, closed or open. <b>Spikelets</b> 8-11 mm, with 4-7 florets. <b>Lower</b> 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. <b>2n</b> = unknown.</span><!--

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|discussion=<p><i>Festuca rubra </i>subsp.<i> vallicola</i> 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.</p>
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name=Festuca rubra subsp. vallicola
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|authority=(Rydb.) Pavlick
|rank=subspecies
|parent rank=species
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|family=Poaceae
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|subfamily=Poaceae subfam. Pooideae
|tribe=Poaceae tribe Poeae
|genus=Festuca
|subgenus=Festuca subg. Festuca
|section=Festuca sect. Festuca
|species=Festuca rubra
|subspecies=Festuca rubra subsp. vallicola
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