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].

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