Calflora Taxon Report
Festuca octoflora  Walter
Sixweeks grass
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2023 R.A. Chasey
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2020 Sara Timby
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2018 Ken Hickman
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2022 John Rawlings
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2023 Ron Vanderhoff
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2022 Ken Hickman
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2020 Matt Berger
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2023 Ron Vanderhoff
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2018 John Rawlings
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2024 R.A. Chasey
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2024 R.A. Chasey
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2005 Steve Matson
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2022 Ken Hickman
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2023 R.A. Chasey
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2022 Steve Matson
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2024 R.A. Chasey
Festuca octoflora is an annual grasslike herb that is native to California, and also found elsewhere in western North America.
also called Vulpia octoflora
Siskiyou Del Norte Modoc Humboldt Shasta Lassen Trinity Plumas Tehama Butte Mendocino Glenn Sierra Yuba Lake Nevada Colusa Placer Sutter El Dorado Yolo Alpine Napa Sonoma Sacramento Mono Amador Solano Calaveras Tuolumne San Joaquin Marin Contra Costa Alameda Santa Cruz Mariposa Madera San Francisco San Mateo Merced Fresno Stanislaus Santa Clara Inyo San Benito Tulare Kings Monterey San Bernardino San Luis Obispo Kern Santa Barbara Ventura Los Angeles Riverside Orange San Diego Imperial
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Genus: Festuca
Family: Poaceae  
Category: angiosperm  
PLANTS group:Monocot
Jepson eFlora section: monocot
Wetlands: Occurs in non wetlands

Communities: Yellow Pine Forest, Foothill Woodland, Chaparral, Valley Grassland, many plant communities

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + POWO
Alternate Names:
JEFFestuca octoflora ssp. hirtella
JEFVulpia octoflora var. hirtella
JEFVulpia octoflora
PLANTSVulpia octoflora var. octoflora
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Suggested Citation
“Calflora - Taxon Report.” The Calflora Database, a non-profit organization. .

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