See other conspecific taxa:

• Festuca pratensis subsp. apennina (0 accessions)
• Festuca pratensis subsp. pratensis (0 accessions)

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

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

• (I) Festuca elatior auct. Amer.
• (=) Lolium pratense (Huds.) Darbysh.

Common names:

• English-bluegrass  (Source: Dict Rehm) - English
• meadow fescue  (Source: World Econ Pl) - English
• meadow fescue  (Source: ICAW) - English (Canada)
• fétuque des prés  (Source: Dict Rehm) - French
• fétuque des prés  (Source: ICAW) - French (Canada)
• Wiesenschwingel  (Source: Dict Rehm) - German
• festuca pratense  (Source: Mult Glossary Crops) - Italian
• festuca-dos-prados  (Source: Dict Rehm) - Portuguese
• cañuela de los prados  (Source: Dict Rehm) - Spanish
• ängssvingel  (Source: Kulturvaxtdatabas) - Swedish
• cao dian yang mao  (Source: F ChinaEng) - Transcribed Chinese
• neoleungimuiteol  (Source: Kulturpflanze) - Transcribed Korean

Economic Importance:

• Animal food: forage (as F. elatior)
• Environmental:
• Weed: potential seed contaminant (mentions under Festuca elatior)

Distributional Range:

Native

Africa

• NORTHERN AFRICA: Libya, Morocco, Tunisia

Asia-Temperate

• WESTERN ASIA: Afghanistan, Egypt, [Sinai] Turkey
• CAUCASUS: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russian Federation-Ciscaucasia [Ciscaucasia]
• SIBERIA: Russian Federation-Eastern Siberia, [Eastern Siberia (s.)] Russian Federation-Western Siberia [Western Siberia]
• MIDDLE ASIA: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan

Asia-Tropical

• INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: Pakistan

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, [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), Spain


Naturalized (widely natzd. elsewhere)

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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=16709. Accessed 9 July 2024.