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Taxon:  Festuca altaica Trin.



Summary
Genus:
Festuca
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Pooideae
Tribe:
Poeae
Subtribe:
Loliinae
Nomen number:
16624
Place of publication:
C. F. von Ledebour, Fl. altaic. 1:109. 1829
Verified:
04/17/1998 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Festuca scabrella Torr. ex Hook.
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Reference(s)
  1. Aiken, S. G. et al. Festuca of North America: descriptions, illustrations, identification, and information retrieval. 1996-
  2. Alexeev, E. 1979. Genus Festuca L. in Asia Media. Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 15:41.
  3. Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada, ed. 2. 1991
  4. Kartesz, J. T. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 1994
  5. Pavlick, L. E. & J. Looman. 1984. Taxonomy and nomenclature of rough fescues, Festuca altaica, F. campestris (F. scabrella var. major), and F. hallii, in Canada and the adjacent part of United States. Canad. J. Bot. 62:1744.
  6. Tzvelev, N. N. Zlaki SSSR. 1976
Common names
English
northern rough fescue –
rough fescue –
Distribution
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China [Xizang]
  • MIDDLE ASIA: Kazakhstan
  • MONGOLIA: Mongolia
  • RUSSIAN FAR EAST: Russian Federation [Amur, Kamchatka, Magadan]
  • SIBERIA: Russian Federation [Buryatia, Gorno-Altay, Khakassia, Tuva, Yakutia-Sakha, Altay, Krasnoyarsk, Chita, Irkutsk]
Northern America
  • EASTERN CANADA: Canada [Newfoundland, Quebec]
  • NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Michigan]
  • SUBARCTIC AMERICA: Canada [Northwest Territory, Yukon Territory], United States [Alaska]
  • WESTERN CANADA: Canada [Alberta, British Columbia]
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=16624. Accessed 14 March 2025.

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