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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