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Scientific Name
Festuca rubra
Scientific Name w/ Auth.
Festuca rubra L.
Park
Blue Ridge Parkway (BLRI)
Sensitive
No
Park Accepted
Accepted
Record Status
Approved
Park Preferred Common Names
CREEPING RED FESCUE, FESCUE, red fescue
Park Synonyms
Taxonomic Hierarchy
KingdomPlantae
SubkingdomViridiplantae
Infrakingdom Streptophyta
Superdivision Embryophyta
DivisionTracheophyta
SubdivisionSpermatophytina
ClassMagnoliopsida
SuperorderLilianae
OrderPoales
FamilyPoaceae
GenusFestuca
SpeciesFestuca rubra
Occurrence
Present
Occurrence Notes
Data Source: NatureServe. 2007. Vascular Plant Inventory of the Blue Ridge Parkway. Draft Report to the National Park Service, Appalachian Highlands I&M Network.
Nativeness
Unknown
Nativeness Notes
This species is considered to be partially native and partially introduced in the BLRI area, according to Weakley (2007).; Data Source: NatureServe. 2007. Inventory of the Vascular Plants of the Blue Ridge Parkway - draft report to The National Park Service, Appalachian Highlands I&M Network.
Abundance
Unknown
Threatened Endangered Status
State Species of Concern statuses
Ozone Sensitive Status
NatureServe GRank
NatureServe SRank
Observations
0
References
2
Vouchers
3
External Links
0
Evidence counts shown include evidence for related synonyms.
Created By
BLA - I&M Office
Created Date
5/26/2000 12:00:00 AM
Last Modified By
Nora Murdock
Last Modified Date
8/21/2007 12:00:00 AM
Notes
Park Species Detail: The follwing are additional fields from one of the sources for this ParkCode/TSN combination: State-County Code = 37021, Park Species Data Source: Plant list compiled by BONAP from its County Database, and converted to NPSpecies by I&M Office.
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