View source for Schedonorus pratensis

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|accepted_name=Schedonorus pratensis
|accepted_authority=(Huds.) P. Beauv.
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|common_names=Meadow fescue;Fétuque des prés
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|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Lolium pratense
|authority=
|rank=species
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|name=Festuca pratensis
|authority=
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|name=Festuca elatior var. pratensis
|authority=
|rank=variety
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|hierarchy=Poaceae;Poaceae subfam. Pooideae;Poaceae tribe Poeae;Schedonorus;Schedonorus pratensis
|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>[[Schedonorus]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Schedonorus pratensis]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 24
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 446
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>perennial. <b>Culms</b> to 1.3 m. <b>Leaves</b> folded or convolute in young shoots; auricles glabrous; ligules to 0.5 mm; blades 10-25 cm long, 2-7 mm wide. <b>Panicles</b> (6)10-25 cm; branches at the lowest node 1 or 2, shorter branch with 1-2(3) spikelets, longer branch with 2-6(9) spikelets. <b>Spikelets</b> (8.5) 12-15.5(17) mm long, 2-5 mm wide, with (2)4-10(12) florets. <b>Lower</b> glumes (2)2.6-4.5 mm; upper glumes 3-5 mm; lemmas 5-8 mm, usually smooth, sometimes slightly scabrous distally, apices unawned, sometimes mucronate, mucros to 0.2 mm; paleas slightly shorter than the lemmas; anthers (1.5)2-4.6 mm. <b>Caryopses</b> 3-4 mm long, 1-1.5 mm wide. <b>2n</b> = 14.</span><!--

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|distribution=Conn.;N.J.;N.Y.;Wash.;Ark.;Kans.;N.Dak.;Nebr.;Okla.;S.Dak.;Del.;D.C.;Wis.;W.Va.;Mass.;Maine;N.H.;R.I.;Vt.;Fla.;Wyo.;N.Mex.;Tex.;La.;Tenn.;N.C.;S.C.;Pa.;Calif.;Nev.;Va.;Colo.;Alaska;Ala.;Mont.;Oreg.;Ill.;Ga.;Ind.;Iowa;Ariz.;Idaho;Md.;Ohio;Alta.;B.C.;Greenland;Man.;N.B.;Nfld. and Labr.;N.S.;Ont.;P.E.I.;Que.;Sask.;Yukon;Mo.;Minn.;Mich.;Miss.;Utah;Ky.
|discussion=<p><i>Schedonorus pratensis</i> is a Eurasian species that is now widely established in the Flora region. It used to be a popular forage grass in the contiguous United States and southern Canada, but is now rarely planted.</p>
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name=Schedonorus pratensis
|authority=(Huds.) P. Beauv.
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Lolium pratense;Festuca pratensis;Festuca elatior var. pratensis
|basionyms=
|family=Poaceae
|illustrator=Annaliese Miller
|illustration copyright=Utah State University
|distribution=Conn.;N.J.;N.Y.;Wash.;Ark.;Kans.;N.Dak.;Nebr.;Okla.;S.Dak.;Del.;D.C.;Wis.;W.Va.;Mass.;Maine;N.H.;R.I.;Vt.;Fla.;Wyo.;N.Mex.;Tex.;La.;Tenn.;N.C.;S.C.;Pa.;Calif.;Nev.;Va.;Colo.;Alaska;Ala.;Mont.;Oreg.;Ill.;Ga.;Ind.;Iowa;Ariz.;Idaho;Md.;Ohio;Alta.;B.C.;Greenland;Man.;N.B.;Nfld. and Labr.;N.S.;Ont.;P.E.I.;Que.;Sask.;Yukon;Mo.;Minn.;Mich.;Miss.;Utah;Ky.
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|subfamily=Poaceae subfam. Pooideae
|tribe=Poaceae tribe Poeae
|genus=Schedonorus
|species=Schedonorus pratensis
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