Festuca octoflora
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V. octoflora
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Festuca octoflora (formerly Vulpia octoflora'[1]), also called six-weeks fescue, pullout grass,[citation needed] sixweeks fescue,[2] eight-flower sixweeks grass,[citation needed] eight-flowered fescue;[citation needed] 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]
Subspecies include Festuca octoflora Walter var. tenella, Festuca gracilenta Buckley, and Festuca tenella Willd.[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.[7]
References
- ↑ Mojave Desert Wildflowers, Pam MacKay, 2nd E. 2013, p 314
- ↑ USDA:Vulpia octoflora Retrieved 2015-08-07.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Mojave Desert Wildflowers, Pam MacKay, 2nd E. 2013, p 285
- ↑ USDA Forest Service FEIS Retrieved 2010-03-09
- ↑ USDA Germplasm Resources Information Network Retrieved 2010-03-09.
- ↑ http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?8738,9330,9340 Jepson . accessed 10 May 2010
- ↑ http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=VUOCG v. glauca; USDA . accessed 10 May 2010
- ↑ http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=VUOCH v. hirtella; USDA . accessed 10 May 2010
- ↑ http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=VUOCO v. octoflora; USDA . accessed 10 May 2010
See also
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