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hard fescue

Festuca californica

Festuca trachyphylla

Flowering time April - June May-July
Habitat Fields, roadsides, wastelots, and other disturbed areas.
Distribution
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Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, east across much of North America to the Atlantic Coast.
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Origin Native Introduced from Europe
Conservation status Not of concern Not of concern
Sibling taxa
F. brachyphylla, 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. filiformis, F. idahoensis, F. occidentalis, F. ovina, F. roemeri, F. rubra, F. saximontana, F. subulata, F. subuliflora, F. valesiaca, F. viridula, F. washingtonica
Subordinate taxa
F. californica ssp. californica
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