FOIBIS

Species Details -
Festuca subverticillata (Pers.) Alexeev  

Accepted name: Festuca subverticillata (Pers.) Alexeev  
Synonym(s): -Festuca   nutans   Biehler    
-Festuca   obtusa   Biehler    
English names: Nodding Fescue
French names:
Classification: Kingdom:  Plantae
Divison:   Magnoliophyta
Class:   Liliopsida
Order:   Cyperales
Family:   Poaceae
OPL Code: GFESSU
(to track OPL, Newmaster et al. 1998)
Lifeform: 3
Lifecycle: P
Source database: FOIBIS, June 2005-2012
Floristic Affinities: -
Distribution: -
Ecosystem:
Microhabitat:
Ethnobotanical Notes: Decoction of smashed roots taken for heart disease. Compound used as a "corn medicine"(*27)(3).
Key Characters: -

Species Codes
NRVIS ID
22338
General Status
OMNR Status
COSEWIC
SRANK
S4
GRANK
G5
Med Flag
Bayer Codes
 


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