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alpine fescue

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Festuca brachyphylla

Festuca brachyphylla ssp. coloradensis

Flowering time June-August June-August
Habitat Open rocky places in the alpine. Open rocky places in the alpine.
Distribution
Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to California, east to the Rocky Mountains, northern Great Plains, and northeastern North America; circumboreal.
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Occurring east of the Cascades crest in northeastern Washington; northeastern Washington to northeastern Oregon, east to the Rocky Mountains.
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Origin Native Native
Conservation status Not of concern Not of concern
Sibling taxa
F. campestris, F. filiformis, F. idahoensis, F. occidentalis, F. ovina, F. roemeri, F. rubra, F. saximontana, F. subulata, F. subuliflora, F. trachyphylla, F. valesiaca, F. viridula, F. washingtonica
F. brachyphylla ssp. brachyphylla
Subordinate taxa
F. brachyphylla ssp. brachyphylla, F. brachyphylla ssp. coloradensis
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