Festuca octoflora

Festuca octoflora, also known as Vulpia octoflora,[1][2] 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] Other common names include sixweeks fescue,[4] six-weeks fescue, pullout grass,[4] eight-flower six-weeks grass,[4] or eight-flowered fescue.[4]

Festuca octoflora
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Pooideae
Genus: Festuca
Species:
F. octoflora
Binomial name
Festuca octoflora
Synonyms
  • Vulpia octoflora (Walter) Rydb.

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.[3]

Varieties

Festuca octoflora/Vulpia octoflora varieties include:

  • Vulpia octoflora var. glauca [7] (AKA Festuca octoflora Walter var. tenella, Festuca gracilenta Buckley, Festuca tenella Willd., and Vulpia octoflora var. tenella[8])
  • Vulpia octoflora var. hirtella [9]
  • Vulpia octoflora var. octoflora [10]

References
  1. "Festuca octoflora Walter GRIN-Global".
  2. Mojave Desert Wildflowers, Pam MacKay, 2nd E. 2013, p 314
  3. Mojave Desert Wildflowers, Pam MacKay, 2nd E. 2013, p 285
  4. USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Vulpia octoflora". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 2015-08-07.
  5. "Vulpia octoflora". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2010-03-09.
  6. http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?8738,9330,9340 Jepson . accessed 10 May 2010
  7. "Vulpia octoflora var. glauca". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 10 May 2010.
  8. Howard, Janet L. (2006). "Vulpia octoflora". Fire Effects Information System (FEIS). US Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service (USFS), Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fire Sciences Laboratory. Retrieved 2010-03-09.
  9. "Vulpia octoflora var. hirtella". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 10 May 2010.
  10. "Vulpia octoflora var. octoflora". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 10 May 2010.


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