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Scientific classification
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Pooideae |
| Genus: | Festuca |
| Species: | F. octoflora
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| Binomial name | |
| Festuca octoflora | |
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Festuca octoflora, also known as Vulpia octoflora, [1] [2] is an annual plant in the grass family ( Poaceae). [3] The common name six-week fescue is because it supplies about 6 weeks of cattle forage after a rain. [3] Other common names include sixweeks fescue, [4] six-weeks fescue, pullout grass, [4] eight-flower six-weeks grass, [4] or eight-flowered fescue. [4]
Range and habitat
This bunchgrass is native to North America occurring across a large part of Canada, in all of the lower 48 contiguous United States, and Baja California of Mexico. [5] [6] It grows in open, sunny places between shrubs and in burn areas. [3] It is commonly found in burn areas after a fire. [3]
Varieties
Festuca octoflora/Vulpia octoflora varieties include:
- Vulpia octoflora var. glauca [7] (AKA Festuca octoflora Walter var. tenella, Festuca gracilenta Buckley, Festuca tenella Willd., and Vulpia octoflora var. tenella [8])
- Vulpia octoflora var. hirtella [9]
- Vulpia octoflora var. octoflora [10]
References
- ^ "Festuca octoflora Walter GRIN-Global".
- ^ Mojave Desert Wildflowers, Pam MacKay, 2nd E. 2013, p 314
- ^ a b c d Mojave Desert Wildflowers, Pam MacKay, 2nd E. 2013, p 285
- ^ a b c d USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Vulpia octoflora". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 2015-08-07.
- ^ "Vulpia octoflora". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2010-03-09.
- ^ http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?8738,9330,9340 Jepson . accessed 10 May 2010
- ^ "Vulpia octoflora var. glauca". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 10 May 2010.
- ^ Howard, Janet L. (2006). "Vulpia octoflora". Fire Effects Information System (FEIS). US Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service (USFS), Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fire Sciences Laboratory. Retrieved 2010-03-09.
- ^ "Vulpia octoflora var. hirtella". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 10 May 2010.
- ^ "Vulpia octoflora var. octoflora". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 10 May 2010.
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