Festuca_octoflora

<i>Festuca octoflora</i>

Festuca octoflora

Species of flowering plant

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]

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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. [1]
    "Festuca octoflora Walter GRIN-Global".
  2. [2]
    Mojave Desert Wildflowers, Pam MacKay, 2nd E. 2013, p 314
  3. [3]
    Mojave Desert Wildflowers, Pam MacKay, 2nd E. 2013, p 285
  4. [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. [5]
    "Vulpia octoflora". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2010-03-09.
  6. [6]
    http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?8738,9330,9340 Jepson . accessed 10 May 2010
  7. [7]
    "Vulpia octoflora var. glauca". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 10 May 2010.
  8. [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. [9]
    "Vulpia octoflora var. hirtella". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 10 May 2010.
  10. [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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