Home/Species/ Small-flower Fescue

Festuca minutiflora

Rydb.

Small-flower Fescue

G5Secure Found in 2 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →

G5SecureGlobal Rank

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.141912

Element CodePMPOA2V1M0

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryVascular Plant

KingdomPlantae

PhylumAnthophyta

ClassMonocotyledoneae

OrderCyperales

FamilyPoaceae

GenusFestuca

Other Common Names

Fétuque à fleurs menues (FR) smallflower fescue (EN)

Concept Reference

Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.

Conservation Status

Rank MethodExpertise without calculation

Review Date2019-10-19

Change Date1993-03-11

Edition Date1994-03-11

Edition AuthorsAnnable, C., rev. L. Morse

Range Extent Comments

ND to WA and AK, south to AZ and NM; introduced eastward through MI, ME, IL, SC; Eurasia (Hitchcock, 1951). Mountains of CO and subalpine areas in MT.

Ecology & Habitat

Habitat

Open woods and stony slopes.

Other Nations (2)

CanadaN5

Province	Rank	Native
British Columbia	S5	Yes
Yukon Territory	S3	Yes
Alberta	S2	Yes

United StatesNNR

Province	Rank	Native
Idaho	SNR	Yes
California	S2	Yes
Arizona	SNR	Yes
Utah	SNR	Yes
Montana	SNR	Yes
Wyoming	S3	Yes
Alaska	S1	Yes
New Mexico	SNR	Yes
Colorado	S4	Yes

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (2)

New Mexico (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Pecos WS River	Santa Fe National Forest	5,396

Utah (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Big Bear Creek	Manti-Lasal National Forest	28,440

References (2)

Hitchcock, A.S. 1951. Manual of the grasses of the United States. 2nd edition revised by Agnes Chase. [Reprinted, 1971, in 2 vols., by Dover Publications, Incorporated, New York.]
Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.