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Festuca octoflora Walter var. tenella (Willdenow) Fernald. Common name: Northern Six-weeks Fescue. Phenology: Apr-Jun. Habitat: Fields, roadsides, disturbed areas. Distribution: S. ME west to BC, south to GA, AR, TX, and CA.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = G, HC, K4, NE, NY; = Festuca octoflora Walter — S13; = Vulpia octoflora (Walter) Rydb. var. glauca (Nutt.) Fernald — Ar, C, ETx1, FNA24, Mo1, NcTx, Pa; = Vulpia octoflora (Walter) Rydb. var. tenella (Willd.) Fernald — F, Tat, Tn; < Festuca octoflora Walter — GW1, RAB, S, W, WV; > Festuca octoflora Walter var. glauca (Nutt.) Fernald; > Festuca tenella Willd. var. glauca Nutt.; > Festuca tenella Willd. var. tenella; < Vulpia octoflora (Walter) Rydb. — Mi, Tx, Va, Tucker (1996); > Vulpia octoflora (Walter) Rydb. var. glauca (Nutt.) Fernald — Il; > Vulpia octoflora (Walter) Rydb. var. tenella (Willd.) Fernald — Il; Festuca tenella Willdenow. Basionym: Festuca tenella Willd. 1797

Links to other floras: = Vulpia octoflora var. glauca - FNA24

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: UPL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Great Plains: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Midwest: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Northcentral & Northeast: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)

Heliophily ⓘ: 9

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