Festuca edlundiae explained

Festuca edlundiae, commonly known as Edlund's fescue, is a native, perennial tufted grass found in Alaska, Canadian arctic islands, northern Greenland, far eastern arctic Russia and Svalbard.^[1] The specific name honours Doctor Sylvia Edlund, a Canadian botanist. It was first described by Susan Aiken, Laurie Consaul and Leonard Lefkovitch in 1995.^[2]

Description

It is closely related to Festuca brachyphylla. The plant is similar to boreal fescue (Festuca hyperborea) but has flag leaf (final leaf) blades that are 5 mm or longer and has larger spikelets. It grows in dense clumps without rhizomes.^[3]

Habitat

The plant grows in the High Arctic in fine-grained and calcareous soils.

External links

• Web site: Festuca edlundiae S. Aiken, Consaul & Lefkovitch . The Flora of Svalbard . 2015-11-05 . 2017-04-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170425070243/http://svalbardflora.no/index.php?id=657 . dead .
• Susan G. Aiken . Laurie L. Consaul . Leonard P. Lefkovitch . 1995 . Festuca edlundiae (Poaceae), a High Arctic, new species compared enzymatically and morphologically with similar Festuca species . . 20 . 3 . 374–392 . 10.2307/2419501 . 2419501.

Notes and References

1. Book: Barkworth, Mary E . Manual of Grasses for North America . 387 . Anderton, Laurel K . Capels, Kathleen M . Long, Sandy . Piep, Michael B . 2007 . University Press of Colorado . 978-1457180989.
2. Web site: Festuca edlundiae S. Aiken, Consaul and Lefkovitch . Flora of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago . Canadian Museum of Nature.
3. Book: Flora of North America: Magnoliophyta: Commelinidae (in part): Poaceae, part 1 . 432 . 24 . 1993 . 0195310713. Committee . Flora of North America Editorial . Oxford University Press .