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SPECIES: Festuca ovina var. vivipara | Viviparous Sheep Fescue
ABBREVIATION :
FESOVIV
SYNONYMS :
Festuca vivipara (L.) Smith
SCS PLANT CODE :
FEOVV
COMMON NAMES :
viviparous sheep fescue
bulbiferous sheep fescue
TAXONOMY :
The currently accepted scientific name of viviparous sheep fescue is
Festuca ovina var. vivipara L. The taxonomic significance of this
variety is questionable [2,9].
LIFE FORM :
Graminoid
FEDERAL LEGAL STATUS :
No special status
OTHER STATUS :
Viviparous sheep fescue is rare in Glacier National Park [9].
COMPILED BY AND DATE :
Tara Y. Williams/September 1990
LAST REVISED BY AND DATE :
NO-ENTRY
AUTHORSHIP AND CITATION :
Williams, Tara Y. 1990. Festuca ovina var. vivipara. In: Remainder of Citation
DISTRIBUTION AND OCCURRENCE
SPECIES: Festuca ovina var. vivipara | Viviparous Sheep Fescue
GENERAL DISTRIBUTION :
Viviparous sheep fescue is found in the mountains of Scandinavia and in
southern Greenland, Iceland, and arctic Russia. In North America, it
extends from Alaska east to Labrador and south to Newfoundland, Quebec,
and Montana [2].
ECOSYSTEMS :
FRES37 Mountain meadows
FRES40 Alpine
STATES :
AK MT AB BC MB NB NF NS NT ON
PQ SK YT
ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS :
GLAC
BLM PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS :
8 Northern Rocky Mountains
KUCHLER PLANT ASSOCIATIONS :
K052 Alpine meadows and barren
SAF COVER TYPES :
NO-ENTRY
SRM (RANGELAND) COVER TYPES :
NO-ENTRY
HABITAT TYPES AND PLANT COMMUNITIES :
NO-ENTRY
VALUE AND USE
SPECIES: Festuca ovina var. vivipara | Viviparous Sheep Fescue
WOOD PRODUCTS VALUE :
NO-ENTRY
IMPORTANCE TO LIVESTOCK AND WILDLIFE :
NO-ENTRY
PALATABILITY :
NO-ENTRY
NUTRITIONAL VALUE :
NO-ENTRY
COVER VALUE :
NO-ENTRY
VALUE FOR REHABILITATION OF DISTURBED SITES :
NO-ENTRY
OTHER USES AND VALUES :
NO-ENTRY
MANAGEMENT CONSIDERATIONS :
NO-ENTRY
BOTANICAL AND ECOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS
SPECIES: Festuca ovina var. vivipara | Viviparous Sheep Fescue
GENERAL BOTANICAL CHARACTERISTICS :
Viviparous sheep fescue is a caespitose perennial with dense tufts of
basal leaves [7].
RAUNKIAER LIFE FORM :
Hemicryptophyte
REGENERATION PROCESSES :
Viviparous sheep fescue reproduces both sexually and vegetatively [4].
However, it spreads mostly by vegetative means [12].
SITE CHARACTERISTICS :
Viviparous sheep fescue grows on gravelly prairies, moist or dry meadows
near or above timberline, and on alpine slopes. It will grow in soils
with pH 6.7 to 7.8. In Glacier National Park, it has been reported at
elevations between 6,975 and 7,700 feet (2,250 and 2,485 m) [1,7,9].
SUCCESSIONAL STATUS :
NO-ENTRY
SEASONAL DEVELOPMENT :
Viviparous sheep fescue has mature fruit by late July and August [9].
FIRE ECOLOGY
SPECIES: Festuca ovina var. vivipara | Viviparous Sheep Fescue
FIRE ECOLOGY OR ADAPTATIONS :
NO-ENTRY
POSTFIRE REGENERATION STRATEGY :
NO-ENTRY
FIRE EFFECTS
SPECIES: Festuca ovina var. vivipara | Viviparous Sheep Fescue
IMMEDIATE FIRE EFFECT ON PLANT :
NO-ENTRY
DISCUSSION AND QUALIFICATION OF FIRE EFFECT :
NO-ENTRY
PLANT RESPONSE TO FIRE :
NO-ENTRY
DISCUSSION AND QUALIFICATION OF PLANT RESPONSE :
NO-ENTRY
FIRE MANAGEMENT CONSIDERATIONS :
NO-ENTRY
REFERENCES
SPECIES: Festuca ovina var. vivipara | Viviparous Sheep Fescue
REFERENCES :
1. Bamberg, Samuel A.; Major, Jack. 1968. Ecology of the vegetation and
soils associated with calcareous parent materials in three alpine
regions of Montana. Ecological Monographs. 38(2): 127-167. [12554]
2. Bamberg, S. A.; Pemble, R. H. 1968. New records of disjunct
arctic-alpine plants in Montana. Rhodora. 70: 103-112. [12961]
3. Bernard, Stephen R.; Brown, Kenneth F. 1977. Distribution of mammals,
reptiles, and amphibians by BLM physiographic regions and A.W. Kuchler's
associations for the eleven western states. Tech. Note 301. Denver, CO:
U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management. 169 p.
[434]
4. Dittberner, Phillip L.; Olson, Michael R. 1983. The plant information
network (PIN) data base: Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, Utah, and
Wyoming. FWS/OBS-83/86. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of the Interior,
Fish and Wildlife Service. 786 p. [806]
5. Dorn, Robert D. 1984. Vascular plants of Montana. Cheyenne, WY: Mountain
West Publishing. 276 p. [819]
6. Garrison, George A.; Bjugstad, Ardell J.; Duncan, Don A.; [and others].
1977. Vegetation and environmental features of forest and range
ecosystems. Agric. Handb. 475. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of
Agriculture, Forest Service. 68 p. [998]
7. Hitchcock, C. Leo; Cronquist, Arthur; Ownbey, Marion. 1959. Vascular
plants of the Pacific Northwest. Part 4: Ericaceae through
Campanulaceae. Seattle, WA: University of Washington Press. 510 p.
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8. Kuchler, A. W. 1964. Manual to accompany the map of potential vegetation
of the conterminous United States. Special Publication No. 36. New York:
American Geographical Society. 77 p. [1384]
9. Lesica, Peter. 1984. Rare vascular plants of Glacier National Park,
Montana. Missoula, MT: University of Montana, Department of Botany. 27
p. [12049]
10. Raunkiaer, C. 1934. The life forms of plants and statistical plant
geography. Oxford: Clarendon Press. 632 p. [2843]
11. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service. 1982.
National list of scientific plant names. Vol. 1. List of plant names.
SCS-TP-159. Washington, DC. 416 p. [11573]
12. Wilson, J. Bastow; Newman, E. I. 1987. Competition between upland
grasses; root and shoot competition between Deschampsia flexuosa and
Festuca ovina. Acta Oecologia/Oecologia Generalis. 8(4): 501-509.
[11179]
13. Eyre, F. H., ed. 1980. Forest cover types of the United States and
Canada. Washington, DC: Society of American Foresters. 148 p. [905]
14. Stickney, Peter F. 1989. Seral origin of species originating in northern
Rocky Mountain forests. Unpublished draft on file at: U.S. Department of
Agriculture, Forest Service, Intermountain Research Station, Fire
Sciences Laboratory, Missoula, MT; RWU 4403 files. 7 p. [20090]
Index
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