Festuca campestris information from NPGS/GRIN

United States Department of Agriculture
Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville Area
Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN)



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Taxon: Festuca campestris Rydb.

Genus: Festuca
Family: Poaceae (alt. Gramineae) subfamily: Pooideae tribe: Poeae subtribe: Loliinae.
Nomen number: 417515
Place of publication: Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 1:57. 1900
Name verified on: 26-Jan-2009 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 26-Jan-2009
No species priority site assigned.

NO ACCESSIONS IN NPGS UNDER THIS NAME.

Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

Common names:

mountain rough fescue (Source: F NAmer ) – English

Economic importance:

Animal food: forage (fide F NAmer)

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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)
Western Canada: Canada - Alberta [s.], British Columbia [s.], Saskatchewan [s.w.]
Northwestern U.S.A.: United States - Idaho [n.], Montana [w.], Oregon, Washington

References:

FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Festuca campestris.

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

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Festuca campestris.

Check other web resources for Festuca campestris Rydb.:

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
Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
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.

Check other web resources for images:

PlantSystematics.org
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

Cite as:
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?417515 (21 May 2013)

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