Taxon:
Festuca brachyphylla Schult. & Schult. f.
Summary
Place of publication:
Mant. 3:646. 1827
Verified:
05/13/1999
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Aiken, S. G. et al. 1996-. Festuca of North America: descriptions, illustrations, identification, and information retrieval. URL: http://delta-intkey.com/festuca/
- Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource) www.skud.info
- Alexeev, E. 1979. Genus Festuca L. in Asia Media. Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 15:53.
- Cody, W. J. 1996. Flora of the Yukon Territory.
- Cronquist, A. et al. 1972-. Intermountain flora. Note: = Festuca ovina var. brevifolia S. Watson
- Fjellheim, S. et al. 2001. Molecules and morphology in concert. II. The Festuca brachyphylla complex (Poaceae) in Svalbard. Amer. J. Bot. 88:869-882. URL: http://www.amjbot.org
- Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada, ed. 2
- Guldahl, A. S. et al. 2001. Variation in the Festuca brachyphylla (Poaceae) complex in Svalbard, elucidated by chromosome numbers and isozymes. Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 137:107-126.
- Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson manual: higher plants of California
- Hitchcock, A. S. 1950. Manual of the grasses of the United States, ed. 2. Note: = Festuca ovina var. brachyphylla (Schult.) Piper
- Hitchcock, C. L. et al. 1955-1969. Vascular plants of the Pacific Northwest. Note: = Festuca ovina var. brevifolia S. Watson
- Pavlick, L. E. 1984. Studies on the Festuca ovina complex in the Canadian Cordillera. Canad. J. Bot. 62:2452.
- Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource). URL: http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
- Rønning, O. I. 1996. The flora of Svalbard.
- Smith, S. R. & A. Mintenko. 2000. Developing and evaluating North American native grasses for turf use. Diversity 16:44. Note: = Festuca ovina var. brachyphylla (Schult. & Schult. f.) Piper
- Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
- Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR
- Welsh, S. L. et al. 1993. A Utah flora. Note: = Festuca ovina var. brevifolia S. Watson
Common names
English
alpine fescue – rock fescue – Swedish
bergsvingel –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Middle Asia | Kazakhstan | | s.e. |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Middle Asia | Kyrgyzstan | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Middle Asia | Tajikistan | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Russian Far East | Russian Federation | Kamchatka | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Russian Far East | Russian Federation | Magadan | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Siberia | Russian Federation | Altay | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Siberia | Russian Federation | Buryatia | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Siberia | Russian Federation | Chita | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Siberia | Russian Federation | Gorno-Altay | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Siberia | Russian Federation | Irkutsk | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Siberia | Russian Federation | Krasnoyarsk | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Siberia | Russian Federation | Taymyr | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Siberia | Russian Federation | Tuva | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Siberia | Russian Federation | Yakutia-Sakha | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Siberia | Russian Federation | Yamal Nenets | |
1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Russian Federation-European part | European part | n. |
1 | Native | Europe | Northern Europe | Svalbard and Jan Mayen | Svalbard | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Eastern Canada | Canada | Newfoundland and Labrador | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Eastern Canada | Canada | Ontario | n. |
1 | Native | Northern America | Eastern Canada | Canada | Québec | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | Vermont | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northwestern U.S.A. | United States | Colorado | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northwestern U.S.A. | United States | Montana | w. |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northwestern U.S.A. | United States | Oregon | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northwestern U.S.A. | United States | Washington | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northwestern U.S.A. | United States | Wyoming | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southwestern U.S.A. | United States | Arizona | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southwestern U.S.A. | United States | California | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southwestern U.S.A. | United States | Utah | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Subarctic America | Canada | Northwest Territories | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Subarctic America | Canada | Yukon | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Subarctic America | Greenland | | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Subarctic America | United States | Alaska | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Western Canada | Canada | Alberta | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Western Canada | Canada | British Columbia | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Western Canada | Canada | Manitoba | n. |
1 | Native | Northern America | Western Canada | Canada | Saskatchewan | n. |
Native
Asia-Temperate
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SIBERIA:
Russian Federation [Buryatia, Gorno-Altay, Tuva, Yakutia-Sakha, Altay, Krasnoyarsk, Taymyr, Chita, Irkutsk, Yamal Nenets]
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MIDDLE ASIA:
Kazakhstan (s.e.), Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
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RUSSIAN FAR EAST:
Russian Federation [Kamchatka, Magadan]
Europe
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NORTHERN EUROPE:
Svalbard and Jan Mayen [Svalbard]
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EASTERN EUROPE:
Russian Federation-European part [European part (n.)]
Northern America
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SUBARCTIC AMERICA:
Canada [Northwest Territories, Yukon], Greenland, United States [Alaska]
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EASTERN CANADA:
Canada [Québec, Ontario (n.), Newfoundland and Labrador]
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WESTERN CANADA:
Canada [Saskatchewan (n.), Alberta, Manitoba (n.), British Columbia]
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NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Vermont]
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NORTHWESTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Colorado, Montana (w.), Oregon, Washington, Wyoming]
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SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Arizona, California, Utah]
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Environmental | erosion control | as F. ovina var. brachyphylla | Smith, S. R. & A. Mintenko. 2000. Developing and evaluating North American native grasses for turf use. Diversity 16:44. |
Environmental | revegetator | as F. ovina var. brachyphylla | Smith, S. R. & A. Mintenko. 2000. Developing and evaluating North American native grasses for turf use. Diversity 16:44. |