UW Burke Herbarium species comparison

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Festuca brachyphylla

Festuca filiformis

alpine fescue

fine-leaf sheep fescue

Festuca brachyphylla

Festuca filiformis
Flowering time June-August May-August
Habitat Open rocky places in the alpine. Sand dunes, quarries, roadsides, lawns.
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 west of the Cascades crest in Washington; southwestern British Columbia to Oregon; also in eastern North America.
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Origin Native Introduced from Europe
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, F. campestris, F. idahoensis, F. occidentalis, F. ovina, F. roemeri, F. rubra, F. saximontana, F. subulata, F. subuliflora, F. trachyphylla, F. valesiaca, F. viridula, F. washingtonica
Subordinate taxa
F. brachyphylla ssp. brachyphylla, F. brachyphylla ssp. coloradensis
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