Taxon:  Festuca trachyphylla (Hack.) R. P. Murray



Summary
Genus:
Festuca
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Pooideae
Tribe:
Poeae
Subtribe:
Loliinae
Nomen number:
16747
Place of publication:
Proc. Somersetshire Archaeol. Nat. Hist. Soc. 41:418.  1895 (Fl. Somerset 418.  1896)
Verified:
10/03/2019 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
29 (26  active, 23  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Festuca ovina L. subvar. trachyphylla Hack.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Festuca brevipila R. Tracey
Festuca ovina L. var. duriuscula auct. N. Amer.

Invalid Designation(s)
Festuca duriuscula auct. N. Amer.
Festuca longifolia auct. pl.
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Reference(s)
  1. University of Georgia Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health
  2. Afonin, A. N., S. L. Greene, N. I. Dzyubenko, & A. N. Frolov, eds. Interactive agricultural ecological atlas of Russia and neighboring countries. Economic plants and their diseases, pests and weeds (on-line resource).
  3. Aiken, S. G. et al. 1996-. Festuca of North America: descriptions, illustrations, identification, and information retrieval.
  4. APHIS. Agricultural Risk Management System United States Department of Agriculture.
  5. Darbyshire, S. J. & L. E. Pavlick. 1997. Nomenclatural notes on North American grasses. Phytologia 82:73-78.
  6. Darbyshire, S. J. 2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 26-27.
  7. Englert, J. M. et al. 1999-. USDA-NRCS Improved conservation plant materials released by NRCS and cooperators
  8. FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
  9. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  10. Skvortsov, A. K., ed. 2006. Flora of the Lower Volga region 1:216-217. Note: lists as Festuca trachyphylla (Hack.) Krajina
  11. Soreng, R. J. et al. 2003. Catalogue of New World grasses (Poaceae): IV. Subfamily Pooideae. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 48:364.
  12. Wilkinson, M. J. & C. A. Stace. 1988. The taxonomic relationships and typification of Festuca brevipila Tracey and F. lemanii Bastard (Poaceae). Watsonia 17:293. Note: treats as an illegitimate later homonym of Festuca trachyphylla Hack. ex Druce (1915)
  13. Wilkinson, M. J. & C. A. Stace. 1991. A new taxonomic treatment of the Festuca ovina aggregate (Poaceae) in the British Isles. Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 106:393. Note: treats as an illegitimate later homonym of Festuca trachyphylla Hack. ex Druce (1915)
  14. 2018. Mid-Atlantic invasive plant species (on-line resource)
Common names
LANGUAGENAMEALTERNATE NAMENOTESEQCITATION
English hard fescue 1 Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English (Canada) hard fescue Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada official name 2 Darbyshire, S. J. 2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 26-27.
French (Canada) fétuque à feuilles rudes Agriculture & Agroalimentaire Canada nom officiel 2 Darbyshire, S. J. 2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 26-27.
Swedish hårdsvingel 2 Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1Native  Romania  
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeEstonia  
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeLatvia  
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeLithuania  
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeRussian FederationVolgograd 
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeUkraine  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeAustria  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeBelgium  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeCzech Republic  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeGermany  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeNetherlands  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropePoland  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeSlovakia  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeSwitzerland  
2Cultivated    also cult.
4Naturalized    natzd. elsewhere
Native

  • REGION:
Europe
  • MIDDLE EUROPE: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Germany, Switzerland, Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia
  • EASTERN EUROPE: Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Russian Federation [Volgograd], Ukraine
Cultivated (also cult.)
Naturalized (natzd. elsewhere)
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentallawn/turfas Festuca brevipilaWilkinson, M. J. & C. A. Stace. 1988. The taxonomic relationships and typification of Festuca brevipila Tracey and F. lemanii Bastard (Poaceae). Watsonia 17:297.
Environmentalrevegetatoras Festuca brevipilaWilkinson, M. J. & C. A. Stace. 1988. The taxonomic relationships and typification of Festuca brevipila Tracey and F. lemanii Bastard (Poaceae). Watsonia 17:297.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2023. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grinczech.vurv.cz/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=16747. Accessed 28 September 2023.