Robert W. Freckmann Herbarium


  Festuca occidentalis Hook. image
Photographer: Gary Fewless           
Family Poaceae
Festuca occidentalis Hook.
western fescue
Festuca: ancient Latin name for some type of grass, obscure
occidentalis: Latin for "western"
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Status: Threatened
Plant: perennial grass
Habitat: limestone ledges
(Glossary)

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Drawing by Agnes Chase from Norman C. Fassett's Grasses of Wisconsin
Synonyms 
Festuca ovina L. var. polyphylla Vasey
         
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