Summary
Place of publication:
Mant. 3:646. 1827
Verified:
05/13/1999
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
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Common names
English
alpine fescue – rock fescue – Swedish
bergsvingel –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Middle Asia | Kazakhstan | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Middle Asia | Kyrgyzstan | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Middle Asia | Tajikistan | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Russian Far East | Russian Federation | Kamchatka | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Russian Far East | Russian Federation | Magadan | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Siberia | Russian Federation | Altay | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Siberia | Russian Federation | Buryatia | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Siberia | Russian Federation | Chita | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Siberia | Russian Federation | Gorno-Altay | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Siberia | Russian Federation | Irkutsk | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Siberia | Russian Federation | Krasnoyarsk | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Siberia | Russian Federation | Taymyr | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Siberia | Russian Federation | Tuva | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Siberia | Russian Federation | Yakutia-Sakha | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Siberia | Russian Federation | Yamal Nenets | |
1 | Native | Europe | East Europe | Russian Federation-European part | European part | |
1 | Native | Europe | Northern Europe | Svalbard and Jan Mayen | Svalbard | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Eastern Canada | Canada | Newfoundland | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Eastern Canada | Canada | Ontario | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Eastern Canada | Canada | Quebec | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | Vermont | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northwestern U.S.A. | United States | Colorado | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northwestern U.S.A. | United States | Montana | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northwestern U.S.A. | United States | Oregon | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northwestern U.S.A. | United States | Washington | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northwestern U.S.A. | United States | Wyoming | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southwestern U.S.A. | United States | Arizona | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southwestern U.S.A. | United States | California | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southwestern U.S.A. | United States | Utah | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Subarctic America | Canada | Northwest Territory | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Subarctic America | Canada | Yukon Territory | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Subarctic America | Greenland | | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Subarctic America | United States | Alaska | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Western Canada | Canada | Alberta | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Western Canada | Canada | British Columbia | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Western Canada | Canada | Manitoba | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Western Canada | Canada | Saskatchewan | |
Native
Asia-Temperate
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MIDDLE ASIA:
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
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RUSSIAN FAR EAST:
Russian Federation [Kamchatka, Magadan]
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SIBERIA:
Russian Federation [Altay, Buryatia, Chita, Gorno-Altay, Irkutsk, Krasnoyarsk, Taymyr, Tuva, Yakutia-Sakha, Yamal Nenets]
Europe
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EAST EUROPE:
Russian Federation-European part [European part]
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NORTHERN EUROPE:
Svalbard and Jan Mayen [Svalbard]
Northern America
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EASTERN CANADA:
Canada [Newfoundland, Ontario, Quebec]
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NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Vermont]
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NORTHWESTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Colorado, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming]
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SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Arizona, California, Utah]
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SUBARCTIC AMERICA:
Canada [Northwest Territory, Yukon Territory], Greenland, United States [Alaska]
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WESTERN CANADA:
Canada [Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan]
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Environmental | erosion control | | Smith, S. R. & A. Mintenko. 2000. Developing and evaluating North American native grasses for turf use. Diversity 16:44. |
Environmental | revegetator | | Smith, S. R. & A. Mintenko. 2000. Developing and evaluating North American native grasses for turf use. Diversity 16:44. |
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=16636.
Accessed 12 February 2025.