Festuca californica information from NPGS/GRIN

United States Department of Agriculture
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Taxon: Festuca californica Vasey

Genus: Festuca
Family: Poaceae (alt. Gramineae) subfamily: Pooideae tribe: Poeae subtribe: Loliinae.
Nomen number: 16640
Place of publication: Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 1:277. 1893
Name verified on: 17-May-1999 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 17-May-1999
Species priority site is: Western Regional PI Station (W6).
Accessions: 9 in National Plant Germplasm System.

Common names:

California fescue (Source: Festuca N Amer ) – English

Economic importance:

View ethnobotanical data from Moerman's Native American Ethnobotany Database

Distributional range:

Native: (links to other web resources are provided for some distributions)

NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
Northwestern U.S.A.: United States - Oregon [w.]
Southwestern U.S.A.: United States - California [n. & c.]

References:

Aiken, S. G. et al. 1996–. Festuca of North America: descriptions, illustrations, identification, and information retrieval.
Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson manual: higher plants of California.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Festuca californica.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Festuca californica.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Festuca californica.

Check other web resources for Festuca californica Vasey:

PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
CNWG: Catalogue of New World Grasses Searchable Database
Grass Manual on the Web: Manual of Grasses for North America North of Mexico
World Grass Species-Descriptions: Morphological species description from Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Images:

GRIN Images of germplasm accessions.
Florets: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

More:

Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program.
Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?16640 (20 June 2013)

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