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Festuca idahoensis Elmer
Idaho fescue
       
Symbol:   FEID  
Group:   Monocot  
Family:   Poaceae  
Duration:   Perennial  
Growth Habit:   Graminoid  
Native Status:  
L48    N
CAN    N



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Distribution:
Festuca idahoensis Elmer

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USA (AZ, CA, CO, ID, MT, NM, NV, OR, SD, UT, WA, WY), CAN (AB, BC, SK)
 

Related Taxa:
Festuca idahoensis Elmer

View 338 genera in Poaceae, 84 species in Festuca or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.
Distribution of Festuca idahoensis Elmer ssp. idahoensis. .
Festuca idahoensis ssp. idahoensis
Idaho fescue
Distribution of Festuca idahoensis Elmer ssp. roemeri (Pavlick) S. Aiken. .
Festuca idahoensis ssp. roemeri
Roemer's fescue
Plant is native (blue) Native   Plant is introduced Introduced
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Classification:
Festuca idahoensis Elmer

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Kingdom Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass Commelinidae
Order Cyperales
Family Poaceae – Grass family
Genus Festuca L. – fescue
Species Festuca idahoensis Elmer – Idaho fescue
 

Wetland Indicator Status:
Festuca idahoensis Elmer

Nat. Ind. Reg. 1 Reg. 2 Reg. 3 Reg. 4 Reg. 5 Reg. 6 Reg. 7 Reg. 8 Reg. 9 Reg. 0 Reg. A Reg. C Reg. H
FACU* NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO FACU* NO NO NO NO
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More Accounts and Images:
Festuca idahoensis Elmer

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account from USDA Forest Service Fire Effects Information System (FEIS).

View species account and distribution map from the Grass Manual on the Web.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 40816.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View 4 propagation protocols from Native Plants Network.

View photographs and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.
 

Related Web Sites:
Festuca idahoensis Elmer

Canada-Bunchgrass and Beef

Canada-Rangeland Ecosystems & Plants (Fact Sheet)

Festuca of North America

Festuca of North America Descriptions and Identification

ID-Albertson College Abstract

ID-How Long Should Rangelands Be Rested Following A Fire?

MT-Montana Interagency Plant Materials Handbook

WY-Forage Quality of Idaho Fescue on Wyoming Ranges--A Literature Review
 
 
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