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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Festuca paradoxa   FAMILY Poaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Festuca paradoxa   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 24 (2007)

Festuca paradoxa

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-18-008:

Festuca paradoxa   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)

Festuca paradoxa

(?) (MISAPPLIED) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Festuca shortii

 

COMMON NAME:
Cluster Fescue


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image of Festuca paradoxa, Cluster Fescue

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950    pnd_fepa2_001_lvd

        

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Festuca paradoxa   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Festuca paradoxa   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 24
Festuca paradoxa

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-18-008:
Festuca paradoxa   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Festuca paradoxa

(?) (MISAPPLIED) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Festuca shortii

 

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2249

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial

Habitat: Bottomlands, uplands over mafic or calcareous rock, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Carolina Piedmont, uncommon to rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC

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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, 2-ranked

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
3 stamens

Inflorescence a panicle

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Grain dark red
Grain

 

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