Festuca edlundiae

Festuca edlundiae, commonly known as Edlund's fescue, is a native, perennial tufted grass found in Alaska, Canadian arctic islands, northern Greenland, far eastern arctic Russia and Svalbard.[1] The specific name honours Doctor Sylvia Edlund, a Canadian botanist. It was first described by Susan Aiken, Laurie Consaul and Leonard Lefkovitch in 1995.[2]

Festuca edlundiae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Pooideae
Genus: Festuca
Species:
F. edlundiae
Binomial name
Festuca edlundiae
S.G.Aiken, Consaul & Lefk.

Description

It is closely related to Festuca brachyphylla. The plant is similar to boreal fescue (Festuca hyperborea) but has flag leaf (final leaf) blades that are 5 mm or longer and has larger spikelets. It grows in dense clumps without rhizomes.[3]

Habitat

The plant grows in the High Arctic in fine-grained and calcareous soils.

References

  1. Barkworth, Mary E; Anderton, Laurel K; Capels, Kathleen M; Long, Sandy; Piep, Michael B (2007). Manual of Grasses for North America. University Press of Colorado. p. 387. ISBN 978-1457180989.
  2. "Festuca edlundiae S. Aiken, Consaul and Lefkovitch". Flora of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Canadian Museum of Nature.
  3. Committee, Flora of North America Editorial (1993). Flora of North America: Magnoliophyta: Commelinidae (in part): Poaceae, part 1. Volume 24. p. 432. ISBN 0195310713.


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