Festuca octoflora

Festuca octoflora (formerly Vulpia octoflora),[1] also called six-weeks fescue, pullout grass, sixweeks fescue,[2] eight-flower sixweeks grass, eight-flowered fescue; 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]

Festuca octoflora
Scientific 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.

Subspecies include Festuca octoflora Walter var. tenella, Festuca gracilenta Buckley, and Festuca tenella Willd.[4]

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

The Vulpia octoflora varieties include:

  • Vulpia octoflora var. glauca [7]
  • Vulpia octoflora var. hirtella [8]
  • Vulpia octoflora var. octoflora [9]

References
  1. Mojave Desert Wildflowers, Pam MacKay, 2nd E. 2013, p 314
  2. "Vulpia octoflora". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 2015-08-07.
  3. Mojave Desert Wildflowers, Pam MacKay, 2nd E. 2013, p 285
  4. 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 – via https://www.feis-crs.org/feis/.
  5. "Vulpia octoflora". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). 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 (GRIN). Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 10 May 2010.
  8. "Vulpia octoflora var. hirtella". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 10 May 2010.
  9. "Vulpia octoflora var. octoflora". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 10 May 2010.


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