See other conspecific taxa:

• Vulpia octoflora var. hirtella (0 accessions)
• Vulpia octoflora var. octoflora (0 accessions)

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

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

• Basionym: Festuca octoflora Walter

Common names:

• six-weeks fescue  (Source: Grass US) - English
• slender vulpia   (Source: ICAW) - English (Canada)
• vulpie octoflore   (Source: ICAW) - French (Canada)

Economic Importance:

• Environmental: erosion control;

Distributional Range:

Native

Northern America

• EASTERN CANADA: Canada [Québec (s.w.), Ontario (s.)]
• WESTERN CANADA: Canada [Saskatchewan (s.), Alberta (s.), Manitoba (s.), British Columbia]
• NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Connecticut, Indiana, Maine (s.w.), Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire (s.), New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont (n.), West Virginia]
• NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota (w.), Oklahoma, South Dakota, Wisconsin]
• NORTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon (n.), Washington, Wyoming]
• SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Alabama, Arkansas, Florida (n.), Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia]
• SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [New Mexico, Texas]
• SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah]
• NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Baja California (Norte)]

References:

1. Cronquist, A. et al. 1972-. Intermountain flora.
2. Darbyshire, S. J. 2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 25.
3. Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson manual: higher plants of California
4. Hitchcock, A. S. 1950. Manual of the grasses of the United States, ed. 2. Note: = Festuca octoflora
5. Scoggan, H. J. 1978-1979. The flora of Canada, 4 vol.
6. Shreve, F. & I. L. Wiggins. 1964. Vegetation and flora of the Sonoran desert.

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=41940. Accessed 9 July 2024.