Festuca octoflora
Festuca octoflora | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Poales |
Family: | Poaceae |
Subfamily: | Pooideae |
Genus: | Festuca |
Species: | F. octoflora
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Binomial name | |
Festuca octoflora | |
Synonyms | |
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Festuca octoflora, also known as Vulpia octoflora,[1][2] is an annual plant in the grass family (Poaceae).[3] The common name six week fescue is because it supplies about 6 weeks of cattle forage after a rain.[3] Other common names include sixweeks fescue,[4] six-weeks fescue, pullout grass,[citation needed] eight-flower sixweeks grass,[citation needed] or eight-flowered fescue,[citation needed]
Range and habitat[]
This bunchgrass is native to North America occurring across a large part of Canada, in all of the lower 48 contiguous United States, and Baja California of Mexico.[5][6] It grows in open, sunny places between shrubs and in burn areas.[3] It is commonly found in burn areas after a fire.[3]
Varieties[]
Festuca octoflora/Vulpia octoflora varieties include:
- Vulpia octoflora var. glauca [7] (AKA Festuca octoflora Walter var. tenella, Festuca gracilenta Buckley, Festuca tenella Willd., and Vulpia octoflora var. tenella[8])
- Vulpia octoflora var. hirtella [9]
- Vulpia octoflora var. octoflora [10]
References[]
- ^ https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=16686
- ^ Mojave Desert Wildflowers, Pam MacKay, 2nd E. 2013, p 314
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d Mojave Desert Wildflowers, Pam MacKay, 2nd E. 2013, p 285
- ^ "Vulpia octoflora". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 2015-08-07.
- ^ "Vulpia octoflora". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 2010-03-09.
- ^ http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?8738,9330,9340 Jepson . accessed 10 May 2010
- ^ "Vulpia octoflora var. glauca". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 10 May 2010.
- ^ Howard, Janet L. (2006). "Vulpia octoflora". Fire Effects Information System (FEIS). US Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service (USFS), Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fire Sciences Laboratory. Retrieved 2010-03-09 – via https://www.feis-crs.org/feis/.
- ^ "Vulpia octoflora var. hirtella". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 10 May 2010.
- ^ "Vulpia octoflora var. octoflora". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 10 May 2010.
External links[]
Categories:
- Festuca
- Bunchgrasses of North America
- Grasses of the United States
- Grasses of Canada
- Grasses of Mexico
- Native grasses of California
- Plants described in 1788
- Pooideae stubs