Taxon:  Festuca filiformis Pourr.



Summary
Genus:
Festuca
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Pooideae
Tribe:
Poeae
Subtribe:
Loliinae
Nomen number:
402520
Place of publication:
Hist. & Mém. Acad. Roy. Sci. Toulouse 3:319.  1788
Verified:
08/04/1995 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
7 (6  active, 6  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Festuca capillata Lam.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Festuca ovina L. subsp. tenuifolia (Sibth.) Čelak.
Festuca ovina L. var. capillata Mathieu
Festuca ovina L. var. tenuifolia (Sibth.) Mert. & W. D. J. Koch
Festuca tenuifolia Sibth.

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Reference(s)
  1. University of Georgia Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health
  2. Aiken, S. G. et al. 1996-. Festuca of North America: descriptions, illustrations, identification, and information retrieval.
  3. Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
  4. Alderson, J. & W. C. Sharp. 1995. Grass varieties in the United States, U.S.D.A. Agric. Handb. 170, rev. ed. CRC Press. Note: Revised version of AH 170
  5. Allan, H. H. B. et al. 1961-. Flora of New Zealand.
  6. Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
  7. Czerepanov, S. K. 1995. Vascular plants of Russia and adjacent states (the former USSR) Cambridge University Press.
  8. Darbyshire, S. J. 2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 26.
  9. Davidse, G. et al., eds. 1994. Flora mesoamericana.
  10. Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
  11. Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
  12. Kartesz, J. T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland.
  13. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  14. Skvortsov, A. K., ed. 2006. Flora of the Lower Volga region 1:220.
  15. Snow, N. & G. Davidse. 1993. Leptochloa mucronata (Michx.) Kunth is the correct name for Leptochloa filiformis (Poaceae). Taxon 42:413. Note: mentions
  16. 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. 106:347-397.
  17. 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. 106:374.
  18. Zuloaga, F. O. et al. 1994. Catálogo de la familia Poaceae en la República Argentina. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 47
Common names
LANGUAGENAMEALTERNATE NAMENOTESEQCITATION
English fine-leaf sheep fescue 1 Aiken, S. G. et al. 1996-. Festuca of North America: descriptions, illustrations, identification, and information retrieval.
English hair fescue 1 Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English slender fescue 1 Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English (Canada) hair fescue Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada official name 2 Darbyshire, S. J. 2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 26.
French (Canada) fétuque chevelue Agriculture & Agroalimentaire Canada nom officiel 2 Darbyshire, S. J. 2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 26.
Swedish finsvingel 2 Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transliterated Russian ovsjanica tonkolistnaja 2 Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1Native  Romania  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusRussian Federation-CiscaucasiaCiscaucasia 
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeRussian FederationSaratov 
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeRussian Federation-European partEuropean part 
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeUkraine  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeAustria  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeBelgium  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeCzech Republic  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeGermany  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeNetherlands  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropePoland  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeSwitzerland  
1NativeEuropeNorthern EuropeFinland s.w.
1NativeEuropeNorthern EuropeIreland  
1NativeEuropeNorthern EuropeNorway  
1NativeEuropeNorthern EuropeSweden  
1NativeEuropeNorthern EuropeUnited Kingdom  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeItaly n. & c.
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeFrance  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeSpain  
2Cultivated    also cult.
4NaturalizedAustralasiaNew ZealandNew Zealand  
4NaturalizedNorthern America North America  
4NaturalizedSouthern America South America  
5UncertainEuropeSoutheastern EuropeCroatia  
Native

  • REGION:
Asia-Temperate
  • CAUCASUS: Russian Federation-Ciscaucasia [Ciscaucasia]
Europe
  • NORTHERN EUROPE: Finland (s.w.), United Kingdom, Ireland, Norway, Sweden
  • MIDDLE EUROPE: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Germany, Switzerland, Netherlands, Poland
  • EASTERN EUROPE: Russian Federation-European part [European part], Russian Federation [Saratov], Ukraine
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Italy (n. & c.)
  • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain, France
Cultivated (also cult.)
Naturalized
Australasia
  • NEW ZEALAND: New Zealand
Northern America
  • REGION: North America
Southern America
  • REGION: South America
Uncertain
Europe
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Croatia
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentallawn/turffor lawnsAlderson, J. & W. C. Sharp. 1995. Grass varieties in the United States, U.S.D.A. Agric. Handb. 170, rev. ed. CRC Press. Note: Revised version of AH 170
Weed adventive, as Festuca tenuifoliaTzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR
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=402520. Accessed 7 December 2023.