Introductory
SPECIES: Festuca rubra | Red Fescue 



ABBREVIATION : 
FESRUB

SYNONYMS : 
NO-ENTRY


SCS PLANT CODE : 
   FERU2
   FERUA2
   FERUA3
   FERUA4
   FERUA
   FERUC3
   FERUF2
   FERUP2
   FERUR2
   FERUS
   FERUM3
   FERUS2
   FERUV


COMMON NAMES : 
   red fescue


TAXONOMY : 
The currently accepted scientific name of red fescue is Festuca rubra L.
[27,39,42,87].  It is in the family Poaceae.

Currently accepted infrataxa are as follows [45]: 

F. r. ssp. arctica (Hack.) Govor.  (red fescue)           
F. r. ssp. arenaria (Osbeck) Syme  (red fescue)  
F. r. ssp. arnicola Alexeev  (red fescue)
F. r. ssp. aucta (Krecz. & Bobr.) Hulten  (red fescue)
F. r. ssp. commutata Gaudin  (Chewing's fescue)
F. r. ssp. falax Thuill.  (red fescue)
F. r. ssp. pruinosa (Hack.) Piper  (red fescue)
F. r. ssp. rubra L.  (red fescue)
F. r. ssp. secunda (J. Presl) Pavlick  (red fescue
F. r. ssp. secunda var. mediana Pavlick  (red fescue)
F. r. ssp. secunda var. secunda (J. Presl) Scribn.  (red fescue)
F. r. ssp. vallicola (Rydb.) Pavlick  (red fescue)


LIFE FORM : 
Graminoid

FEDERAL LEGAL STATUS : 
No special status

OTHER STATUS : 
NO-ENTRY


COMPILED BY AND DATE : 
Roberta A. Walsh, April 1995


LAST REVISED BY AND DATE : 
NO-ENTRY


AUTHORSHIP AND CITATION : 
Walsh, Roberta A. 1995. Festuca rubra. In: Remainder of Citation

Related categories for Species: Festuca rubra | Red Fescue