East Bay Rare and Unusual Plants
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Festuca idahoensis
Idaho fescue, blue bunchgrass
Family:
Poaceae
Rarity
CNPS-EB:
C
Criteria:
Limited/Threatened Habitat
Small Populations
Observations
CNPS-EB Database
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Calflora (group)
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Calflora (public)
iNaturalist
CCH2
Key to Region Map
Background
Regions with a green background have at least one population that has been observed in the past 25 years.
Regions with a blue background have no populations that have been observed in the past 25 years, but have at least one population that has been recorded more than 25 years ago.
Regions with an orange background have no confirmed observations of natural occurrences of this species, but have at least one observtion of a population whose location or identification is uncertain, or which has been planted.
Regions with a white background have no record of this species every being present.
Key
Ecology
Flowers July - September
Habitats:
Open Dry Slope
Grassland (Annual or Perennial)
Woodland
All Festuca
F. californica
(C)
F. elmeri
(A1)
F. idahoensis
F. octoflora
(A2)
F. rubra
(C)
References
Jepson eFlora
Calflora
iNaturalist
Synonyms
Festuca idahoensis subsp. roemeri
Festuca roemeri var. klamathensis
Festuca roemeri