Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations:

(≡ homotypic synonym, = heterotypic synonym, - autonym, I invalid designation)

• (=) Festuca scabrella Torr. ex Hook.

Common names:

• northern rough fescue  (Source: Festuca N Amer) - English
• rough fescue  (Source: Can J Bot) - English

Distributional Range:

Native

Asia-Temperate

• SIBERIA: Russian Federation [Buryatia, Gorno-Altay, Khakassia, Tuva, Yakutia-Sakha, Altay, Krasnoyarsk, Chita, Irkutsk]
• MIDDLE ASIA: Kazakhstan (e.)
• MONGOLIA: Mongolia
• RUSSIAN FAR EAST: Russian Federation [Amur, Kamchatka, Magadan]
• CHINA: China [Xizang Zizhiqu (n.)]

Northern America

• SUBARCTIC AMERICA: Canada, [Northwest Territories (w.), Yukon] United States [Alaska]
• EASTERN CANADA: Canada [Newfoundland and Labrador, Québec]
• WESTERN CANADA: Canada [Alberta (w.-c.), British Columbia]
• NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Michigan (n.)]

References:

1. Aiken, S. G. et al. 1996-. Festuca of North America: descriptions, illustrations, identification, and information retrieval.
2. Alexeev, E. 1979. Genus Festuca L. in Asia Media. Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 15:41.
3. Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada, ed. 2
4. Kartesz, J. T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland.
5. Pavlick, L. E. & J. Looman. 1984. Taxonomy and nomenclature of rough fescues, Festuca altaica, F. campestris (F. scabrella var. major), and F. hallii, in Canada and the adjacent part of United States. Canad. J. Bot. 62:1744.
6. Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://gringlobal.iita.org/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=16624. Accessed 4 October 2024.