Biology:Festuca octoflora
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Short description: Species of flowering plant
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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 Walter
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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". https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=16686.
- ↑ Mojave Desert Wildflowers, Pam MacKay, 2nd E. 2013, p 314
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Mojave Desert Wildflowers, Pam MacKay, 2nd E. 2013, p 285
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 "Vulpia octoflora". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=VUOC. Retrieved 2015-08-07.
- ↑ {{citation | mode = cs1 | title = Vulpia octoflora | work = Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) | url = https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?41940 | publisher = [[Organization:Agricultural Research ServAgricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) | access-date = 2010-03-09 }}
- ↑ http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?8738,9330,9340 Jepson . accessed 10 May 2010
- ↑ {{citation | mode = cs1 | title = Vulpia octoflora var. glauca | work = Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) | url = | publisher = [[Organization:Agricultural Research ServAgricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) | access-date = 10 May 2010 }}
- ↑ Howard, Janet L. (2006), Vulpia octoflora, US Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service (USFS), Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fire Sciences Laboratory, https://www.fs.fed.us/database/feis/plants/graminoid/vuloct/all.html, retrieved 2010-03-09
- ↑ {{citation | mode = cs1 | title = Vulpia octoflora var. hirtella | work = Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) | url = | publisher = [[Organization:Agricultural Research ServAgricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) | access-date = 10 May 2010 }}
- ↑ {{citation | mode = cs1 | title = Vulpia octoflora var. octoflora | work = Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) | url = | publisher = [[Organization:Agricultural Research ServAgricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) | access-date = 10 May 2010 }}
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q7165063 entry
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