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

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

• (=) Festuca brevifolia R. Br.
• (≡) Festuca ovina var. brachyphylla (Schult. & Schult. f.) Piper
• (=) Festuca ovina var. brevifolia S. Watson

Common names:

• alpine fescue  (Source: Intermt F) - English
• rock fescue  (Source: F Svalbard) - English
• bergsvingel  (Source: Kulturvaxtdatabas) - Swedish

Economic Importance:

• Environmental: erosion control (as F. ovina var. brachyphylla) revegetator (as F. ovina var. brachyphylla) revegetator (as F. ovina var. brachyphylla)

Distributional Range:

Native

Asia-Temperate

• SIBERIA: Russian Federation [Buryatia, Gorno-Altay, Tuva, Yakutia-Sakha, Altay, Krasnoyarsk, Taymyr, Chita, Irkutsk, Yamal Nenets]
• MIDDLE ASIA: Kazakhstan (s.e.), Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
• RUSSIAN FAR EAST: Russian Federation [Kamchatka, Magadan]

Europe

• NORTHERN EUROPE: Svalbard and Jan Mayen [Svalbard]
• EASTERN EUROPE: Russian Federation-European part [European part (n.)]

Northern America

• SUBARCTIC AMERICA: Canada, [Northwest Territories, Yukon] Greenland, United States [Alaska]
• EASTERN CANADA: Canada [Québec, Ontario (n.), Newfoundland and Labrador]
• WESTERN CANADA: Canada [Saskatchewan (n.), Alberta, Manitoba (n.), British Columbia]
• NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Vermont]
• NORTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Colorado, Montana (w.), Oregon, Washington, Wyoming]
• SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Arizona, California, Utah]

References:

1. Aiken, S. G. et al. 1996-. Festuca of North America: descriptions, illustrations, identification, and information retrieval.
2. Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource) URL: www.skud.info
3. Alexeev, E. 1979. Genus Festuca L. in Asia Media. Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 15:53.
4. Cody, W. J. 1996. Flora of the Yukon Territory.
5. Cronquist, A. et al. 1972-. Intermountain flora. Note: = Festuca ovina var. brevifolia S. Watson
6. Fjellheim, S. et al. 2001. Molecules and morphology in concert. II. The Festuca brachyphylla complex (Poaceae) in Svalbard. Amer. J. Bot. 88:869-882.
7. Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada, ed. 2
8. Guldahl, A. S. et al. 2001. Variation in the Festuca brachyphylla (Poaceae) complex in Svalbard, elucidated by chromosome numbers and isozymes. Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 137:107-126.
9. Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson manual: higher plants of California
10. Hitchcock, A. S. 1950. Manual of the grasses of the United States, ed. 2. Note: = Festuca ovina var. brachyphylla (Schult.) Piper
11. Hitchcock, C. L. et al. 1955-1969. Vascular plants of the Pacific Northwest. Note: = Festuca ovina var. brevifolia S. Watson
12. Pavlick, L. E. 1984. Studies on the Festuca ovina complex in the Canadian Cordillera. Canad. J. Bot. 62:2452.
13. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
14. Rønning, O. I. 1996. The flora of Svalbard.
15. Smith, S. R. & A. Mintenko. 2000. Developing and evaluating North American native grasses for turf use. Diversity 16:44. Note: = Festuca ovina var. brachyphylla (Schult. & Schult. f.) Piper
16. Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
17. Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR
18. Welsh, S. L. et al. 1993. A Utah flora. Note: = Festuca ovina var. brevifolia S. Watson

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=16636. Accessed 9 July 2024.