Festuca octoflora explained

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. Other common names include sixweeks fescue, six-weeks fescue, pullout grass, eight-flower six-weeks grass, or eight-flowered fescue.

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.[4] It grows in open, sunny places between shrubs and in burn areas. It is commonly found in burn areas after a fire.[3]

Varieties

Festuca octoflora/Vulpia octoflora varieties include:

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Festuca octoflora Walter GRIN-Global.
  2. Mojave Desert Wildflowers, Pam MacKay, 2nd E. 2013, p 314
  3. Mojave Desert Wildflowers, Pam MacKay, 2nd E. 2013, p 285
  4. http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?8738,9330,9340 Jepson . accessed 10 May 2010