Calflora
Taxon Report
Festuca ammobia
Pavlick
Sand fescue
Festuca ammobia
is a
perennial grasslike herb
that is
native
to California, and also found elsewhere in North America and beyond.
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
Plant Range
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Plant Characteristics
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Genus:
Festuca
Family:
Poaceae
Category:
angiosperm
PLANTS group:
Monocot
Jepson eFlora section:
monocot
Communities
: Yellow Pine Forest, Red Fir Forest, Lodgepole Forest, Subalpine Forest, Foothill Woodland, Chaparral, Valley Grassland, wetland-riparian, many plant communities
Name Status
:
Accepted by
PLANTS
Alternate Names:
PLANTS
Festuca rubra ssp. arenicola
PLANTS
Festuca rubra ssp. megastachys
PLANTS
Festuca rubra var. megastachys
External links:
USDA PLANTS
Consortium of California Herbaria (CCH2)
International Plants Names Index (IPNI)
CalPhotos
iNaturalist
PlantID.net
Calscape
photos
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record
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