See other conspecific taxa:

• Festuca arundinacea f. arundinacea (0 accessions)
• Festuca arundinacea f. pseudomairei (0 accessions)
• Festuca arundinacea subsp. arundinacea (0 accessions)
• Festuca arundinacea subsp. atlantigena (0 accessions)
• Festuca arundinacea subsp. cirtensis (0 accessions)
• Festuca arundinacea subsp. fenas (0 accessions)
• Festuca arundinacea subsp. orientalis (0 accessions)
• Festuca arundinacea subsp. uechtritziana (0 accessions)

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

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

• (=) Festuca elatior L.
• (=) Festuca elatior f. elatior L.
• (=) Festuca elatior subsp. elatior L.
• (=) Festuca elatior var. elatior L.

Common names:

• reed fescue  (Source: Dict Rehm) - English
• tall fescue  (Source: World Econ Pl) - English
• tall fescue   (Source: ICAW) - English (Canada)
• fétuque élevée  (Source: Dict Rehm) - French
• fétuque roseau  (Source: Dict Rehm) - French
• fétuque élevée   (Source: ICAW) - French (Canada)
• Rohrschwingel  (Source: Dict Rehm) - German
• festuca arundinacea  (Source: Mult Glossary Crops) - Italian
• oni-ushi-no-kegusa  (Source: F JapanOhwi) - Japanese Rōmaji
• erva-corneira  (Source: Dict Rehm) - Portuguese
• cañuela alta  (Source: Dict Rehm) - Spanish
• rörsvingel  (Source: Kulturvaxtdatabas) - Swedish
• wei zhuang yang mao  (Source: F ChinaEng) - Transcribed Chinese

Economic Importance:

• Animal food: forage; forage
• Environmental: lawn/turf; ornamental
• Vertebrate poisons: mammals; mammals
• Weed: potential seed contaminant; potential seed contaminant

Distributional Range:

Native

Africa

• NORTHERN AFRICA: Algeria (n.), Libya (n.), Morocco, Tunisia

Asia-Temperate

• WESTERN ASIA: Afghanistan, Cyprus, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
• CAUCASUS: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russian Federation, [Dagestan] Russian Federation-Ciscaucasia [Ciscaucasia]
• SIBERIA: Russian Federation-Western Siberia [Western Siberia (s.)]
• MIDDLE ASIA: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan

Asia-Tropical

• INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: Pakistan [Baluchistan]

Europe

• NORTHERN EUROPE: Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Norway, Sweden, United Kingdom
• MIDDLE EUROPE: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia, Switzerland
• EASTERN EUROPE: Belarus, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russian Federation, [Astrakhan, Kalmykia, Saratov, Volgograd] Russian Federation-European part, [European part] Ukraine (incl. Krym)
• SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Italy (incl. Sardinia, Sicily), Romania, Serbia, Slovenia
• SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: France (incl. Corsica), Portugal, Spain (incl. Baleares)


Cultivated

Asia-Temperate

• CHINA: China

Asia-Tropical

• INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: Bhutan

Northern America

• United States

Southern America

• SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina


Naturalized

Africa

• MACARONESIA: Portugal, [Azores] Spain [Canarias]
• SOUTHERN AFRICA: South Africa [Free State, Eastern Cape, Western Cape]

Asia-Temperate

• CHINA: China
• EASTERN ASIA: Taiwan

Australasia

• AUSTRALIA: Australia
• NEW ZEALAND: New Zealand

Northern America

• Canada, United States

Pacific

• NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC: United States [Hawaii]

Southern America

• CENTRAL AMERICA: Costa Rica, Guatemala
• BRAZIL: Brazil [Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina]
• WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Ecuador
• SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina, Chile, Uruguay

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