Festuca octoflora Walter var. octoflora . Southern Six-weeks Fescue. Phen: Apr-Jun. Hab: Fields, roadsides, disturbed areas. Dist: S. NJ south to FL, west to TX and n. Mexico, north in the interior to MO and OK.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = FlGr, HC, K4, NE; = n/a – Pa, Tat; = Vulpia octoflora (Walter) Rydb. var. octoflora – Ar, C, ETx1, F, FNA24, Il, K1, K3, Mo1, NcTx, Tn; < Festuca octoflora Walter – GW1, RAB, S, W, WV; > Festuca octoflora Walter var. aristulata Torr. ex L.H.Dewey – G; < Festuca parviflora Elliott – S13; < Vulpia octoflora (Walter) Rydb. – Mex, Tx, Va, WH3, Tucker (1996)
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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