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Introductory
SPECIES: Festuca thurberi | Thurber Fescue
ABBREVIATION :
FESTHU
SYNONYMS :
NO-ENTRY
SCS PLANT CODE :
FETH
COMMON NAMES :
Thurber fescue
TAXONOMY :
The fully documented scientific name of Thurber fescue is Festuca
thurberi Vasey. There are no varieties or forms. Although
morphologically quite similar to the more northerly distributed rough
fescue (Festuca scabrella), Thurber fescue exhibits more prominent
ligules and statistically shorter glumes and lemmas.
LIFE FORM :
Graminoid
FEDERAL LEGAL STATUS :
No special status
OTHER STATUS :
NO-ENTRY
COMPILED BY AND DATE :
N. McMurray/May 1987
LAST REVISED BY AND DATE :
NO-ENTRY
AUTHORSHIP AND CITATION :
McMurray, Nancy E. 1987. Festuca therberi. In: Remainder of Citation
Related categories for Species: Festuca thurberi
| Thurber Fescue
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