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Festuca campestris

Rydb.

Big Rough Fescue

G5Secure Found in 5 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →

G5SecureGlobal Rank

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.133672

Element CodePMPOA2V1B0

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryVascular Plant

Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations

KingdomPlantae

PhylumAnthophyta

ClassMonocotyledoneae

OrderCyperales

FamilyPoaceae

GenusFestuca

Other Common Names

Fétuque scabre (FR) Mountain Rough Fescue (EN) Prairie Fescue (EN) rough fescue (EN) Rough 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.

Taxonomic Comments

Kartesz (1994, Checklist) and FNA (vol. 24, 2007) here include Festuca scabrella in F. campestris, which is placed instead in F. altaica in Kartesz's 1999 Synthesis.

Conservation Status

Rank MethodExpertise without calculation

Review Date2016-02-03

Change Date2016-02-03

Ecology & Habitat

Other Nations (2)

CanadaN5

Province	Rank	Native
Alberta	S5	Yes
Saskatchewan	S1	Yes
British Columbia	S5	Yes

United StatesN4

Province	Rank	Native
Idaho	SNR	Yes
Oregon	SNR	Yes
Colorado	SNR	Yes
Washington	SNR	Yes
Montana	S5	Yes

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (5)

Montana (4)

Area	Forest	Acres
Fleecer	Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest	31,585
Lazyman Gulch	Helena National Forest	11,614
Mt. Hefty Ra 1481	Flathead National Forest	12,938
Upper East Fork	Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest	8,905

Oregon (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Myrtle Silvies	Malheur National Forest	11,679

References (2)

Flora of North America Editorial Committee (FNA). 2007a. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Vol. 24. Magnoliophyta: Commelinidae (in part): Poaceae, part 1. Oxford Univ. Press, New York. xxviii + 911 pp.
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.