Festuca viridula Calflora

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Taxon Report

Festuca viridula Vasey

Greenleaf fescue, Mountain bunch fescue

2008 Steve Matson

2017 John Rawlings

2008 Steve Matson

Festuca viridula is a perennial grasslike herb that is native to California, and also found elsewhere in western North America.


	Plant Range Observation Search (162 records) Plant Characteristics

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Genus:	Festuca
Family:	Poaceae
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Monocot
Jepson eFlora section: monocot

Habitat: meadows

Communities: Subalpine Forest

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + PLANTS

Alternate Names:


PLANTS	Festuca howellii

More information about Festuca viridula


Nursery availability from CNPLX Commercial availability unknown. Jepson eFlora USDA PLANTS Profile (FEVI) BONAP Distribution Map	ITIS Original Publication citation International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) Landscape information from Calscape Photos on PlantID.net Google Images Consortium of California Herbaria 2	Add an Observation Location Suitability Planting Guide Distribution by County
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Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals, including the Consortium of California Herbaria. [web application]. 2022. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 10/06/2022).