Taxon:
Festuca idahoensis Elmer subsp. idahoensis
Summary
Verified:
05/28/2002
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Common names
English
blue bunchgrass – Idaho fescue –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northwestern U.S.A. | United States | Colorado | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northwestern U.S.A. | United States | Idaho | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northwestern U.S.A. | United States | Montana | |
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 | South-Central U.S.A. | United States | New Mexico | n. |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southwestern U.S.A. | United States | California | n. |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southwestern U.S.A. | United States | Nevada | n. |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southwestern U.S.A. | United States | Utah | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Western Canada | Canada | Alberta | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Western Canada | Canada | British Columbia | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Western Canada | Canada | Saskatchewan | s.w. |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | also cult. |
Native
Northern America
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WESTERN CANADA:
Canada [Saskatchewan (s.w.), Alberta, British Columbia]
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NORTHWESTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming]
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SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.:
United States [New Mexico (n.)]
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SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.:
United States [California (n.), Nevada (n.), Utah]
Cultivated
(also cult.)
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Animal food | forage | as F. idahoensis | Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2 |
Environmental | ornamental | as Festuca idahoensis | Alderson, J. & W. C. Sharp. 1995. Grass varieties in the United States, U.S.D.A. Agric. Handb. 170, rev. ed. CRC Press. Note: Revised version of AH 170 |
Environmental | revegetator | as Festuca idahoensis | Alderson, J. & W. C. Sharp. 1995. Grass varieties in the United States, U.S.D.A. Agric. Handb. 170, rev. ed. CRC Press. Note: Revised version of AH 170 |