familyPoaceae
subfamilyPoaceae subfam. Pooideae
tribePoaceae tribe Poeae
genusFestuca
subgenusFestuca subg. Festuca
sectionFestuca sect. Festuca
speciesFestuca brachyphylla
subspeciesFestuca brachyphylla subsp. brachyphylla
Festuca brachyphylla subsp. brachyphylla
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 24. Treatment on page 428.
Revision as of 21:49, 27 May 2020 by imported>Volume Importer
Culms usually more than twice as long as the vegetative shoot leaves. Spikelets 4.4-7(8.5) mm. Lemmas (3)3.5-4.5(6) mm, awns (0.8)2-3(3.5) mm. 2n = 42, 44.
Discussion
Festuca brachyphylla subsp. brachyphylla is circumpolar in its distribution. In the Flora region, it extends from Alaska to Newfoundland, south in the mountains to Washington in the west and in the high peaks of the Appalachian Mountains of eastern Quebec and New England in the east.
Selected References
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Lower Taxa
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