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Poaceae
Festuca

not marked as a favorite taxon *Festuca lachenalii Spenner. Common name: Gravel Fescue. Phenology: Apr. Habitat: Hudsonia tomentosa flats, ocean dunes. Distribution: Native of Mediterranean w. Europe. Discovered naturalized at Island Beach State Park, Ocean County, New Jersey by Linda Kelly in 2022.

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Origin/Endemic status: Mediterranean Europe and Africa

Synonymy ⓘ: = POWO; = Brachypodium tenellum (Linnaeus) Palisot de Beauvois; = Catapodium tenellum (L.) Batt. & Trab.; = n/a — C, F, FNA24, G, K4, NS. Basionym: Festuca lachenalii Spenn. 1829

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