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Festuca paradoxa Desvaux. Common name: Cluster Fescue. Phenology: May-Jul. Habitat: Bottomlands and moist uplands over mafic or calcareous rock. Distribution: PA west to WI and IA, south to SC, c. GA, and e. TX.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, C, ETx1, F, FNA24, G, GW1, HC, Il, K4, Mo1, Pa, RAB, Tat, Tn, Tx, Va, W, Tucker (1996); = Festuca nutans Biehler — S13; ? Festuca shortii Kunth ex Wood — S, misapplied. Basionym: Festuca paradoxa Desv. 1831

Links to other floras: = Festuca paradoxa - FNA24

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FAC
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FAC
  • Great Plains: FAC
  • Midwest: FAC
  • Northcentral & Northeast: FAC

Heliophily ⓘ: 7

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