DISTRIBUTION AND OCCURRENCE
SPECIES: Festuca rubra | Red Fescue 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : 
Red fescue is distributed circumboreally [4,44,87].  It occurs
throughout the United States, with the exception of the southeast from
Louisiana to Florida [26,27,41,42,62].  Some authors consider red fescue
to be native to the northern coastal areas of the United States
[14,26,72]; some or all inland forms may be introduced [26,71].  Red
fescue occurs in all provinces and territories of Canada [23,42,44,67].
It also occurs in Mexico [41], Europe [46,53], Africa [41,56], Asia
[59,67], and New Zealand [41].


ECOSYSTEMS : 
   Red fescue occurs in most ecosystems.


STATES : 
     AK  AZ  AR  CA  CO  CT  DE  GA  HI  ID
     IL  IN  IA  KS  KY  ME  MD  MA  MI  MN
     MO  MT  NE  NV  NH  NJ  NM  NY  NC  ND
     OH  OK  OR  PA  RI  SC  SD  TN  TX  UT
     VT  VA  WA  WV  WI  WY  DC  AB  BC  MB
     NB  NF  NT  NS  ON  PE  PQ  SK  YT  MEXICO


ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS : 
     ACAD  ANIA  ASIS  BELA  CACO  CAHA
     CALO  CURE  CUVA  DENA  DETO  DINO
     FIIS  FODO  GAAR  GATE  GWMP  GLBA
     GLAC  GOGA  GRCA  GRTE  GRSM  HALE
     HAVO  HOVI  INDU  KATM  KEFJ  KOVA
     LACL  LAVO  LIBO  MORA  MOSA  NERI
     NOCA  OLYM  ORCA  PORE  REDW  ROCR
     ROMO  SAJH  SARA  SEKI  SHEN  SLBE
     WRST  WICR  YELL  YUCH


BLM PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS : 
    1  Northern Pacific Border
    2  Cascade Mountains
    3  Southern Pacific Border
    4  Sierra Mountains
    5  Columbia Plateau
    6  Upper Basin and Range
    7  Lower Basin and Range
    8  Northern Rocky Mountains
    9  Middle Rocky Mountains
   10  Wyoming Basin
   11  Southern Rocky Mountains
   12  Colorado Plateau
   13  Rocky Mountain Piedmont
   14  Great Plains
   15  Black Hills Uplift
   16  Upper Missouri Basin and Broken Lands


KUCHLER PLANT ASSOCIATIONS : 
   Red fescue occurs in most Kuchler Plant Associations.


SAF COVER TYPES : 
   Red fescue occurs in most SAF Cover Types.


SRM (RANGELAND) COVER TYPES : 
   Red fescue occurs in most SRM Cover Types.


HABITAT TYPES AND PLANT COMMUNITIES : 
Red fescue is a dominant species in the following published
classifications:

A digitized computer-compatible classification for natural and potential
  vegetation in the Southwest with particular reference to Arizona [9]
Coastal prairie and northern coastal scrub [37]
Plant association and management guide: Willamette National Forest [38]
Plant associations of the Fremont National Forest [43]

Related categories for Species: Festuca rubra | Red Fescue