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Festuca heterophylla Lam.

Various-Leaved Fescue

Poaceae

Traits


    60–100 cm tall. spikelets: 3–6‑flowered, 8–11 mm long. lemmas: 5–9 mm long, awned. awn: 3–6 mm long, straight. fruits: hirsute at the apex. runners: absent. leaves: stem-leaves spread, distinctly differing from the leaves of the innovation shoots, maximal 80 cm long,...

    You find the complete description in our identification books.

Distribution

Distribution in Europe


Festuca heterophylla

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The colours represent the floristic status of the species in the respective region. Green indicates native occurrences, light green naturalized occurrences. Adventive occurrences are represented by light yellow shades and plants that are cultivated (but rarely occur in the wild) are dark yellow. Grey colours are used, if the floristic status of species is unknown or uncertain.

Distribution in Germany

Festuca heterophylla

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Natural, established occurences
Artificial occurences

The color intensity reflects the species' abundance

Data: Floristische Kartierung Deutschlands (Stand 2013), Bundesamt für Naturschutz (www.floraweb.de)

Ecology

Festuca heterophylla

Festuca heterophylla

Status

  • native

Habitat

  • perennial herbaceous vegetation, forests, shrubbery

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