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Festuca

Festuca
Family: Poaceae
Festuca image
  • Gleason & Cronquist
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Vascular plants of NE US and adjacent Canada
Spikelets 2-15-fld, the rachilla disarticulating above the glumes and between the lemmas; glumes narrow, unequal, 1-3(-5)-veined, usually shorter than the lemmas; lemmas membranous or often indurate, rounded on the back, obscurely 5-veined, acute or acuminate, usually awned from the tip, sometimes awnless; upper lemmas considerably reduced; palea about equaling the lemma; stamens 3; grain obovoid-oblong; open-pollinated, tufted perennials; infl an open to contracted panicle. 200+, widespread in temp. and cool regions.

Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.

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Species within checklist: Denver-Boulder Metropolitan Area
Festuca arizonica
Media resource of Festuca arizonica
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Festuca baffinensis
Media resource of Festuca baffinensis
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Festuca brachyphylla
Media resource of Festuca brachyphylla
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Festuca earlei
Media resource of Festuca earlei
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Festuca idahoensis
Media resource of Festuca idahoensis
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Festuca minutiflora
Media resource of Festuca minutiflora
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Festuca ovina
Media resource of Festuca ovina
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Festuca rubra
Media resource of Festuca rubra
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Festuca saximontana
Media resource of Festuca saximontana
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Festuca thurberi
Media resource of Festuca thurberi
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Festuca trachyphylla
Media resource of Festuca trachyphylla
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