General:
Perennial grass from stout rhizomes; stems 100-150 cm tall.
Leaves:
Sheaths open, strongly keeled, usually smooth; blades flat, firm, elongate, 5-10 mm wide, narrowed gradually to slender tips; ligules 2-6 mm long, jagged.
Flowers:
Inflorescence an open panicle, 15-25 cm long, the branches mostly smooth below midlength, ascending; spikelets 3- to 4-flowered; lower glumes 4-6 mm long, the upper ones 5-7 mm long, awnless; lemmas about 6 mm long, 7-nerved; calluses bearded; anthers 3-4 mm long.
If more than one illustration is available for a species (e.g., separate illustrations were provided for two subspecies) then links to the separate images will be provided below. Note that individual subspecies or varietal illustrations are not always available.
Illustration Source: The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia
Site Information |
Value / Class |
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Avg |
Min |
Max |
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Elevation
(metres) |
1068 | 540 | 1690 |
Slope
Gradient (%) |
4 | 0 | 32 |
Aspect (degrees) |
352 | 18 | 235 |
Soil
Moisture Regime (SMR) [0 - very xeric; 4 - mesic; 8 - hydric] |
6 | 1 | 8 |
Modal
Nutrient Regime
Class |
D | ||
#
of field plots species was recorded in: |
13 | ||
Modal
BEC Zone Class |
IDF | ||
All BEC Zones (# of stations/zone) species was recorded in |
BG(1), ESSF(1), ICH(1), IDF(8), MS(1), PP(1) | ||
Source:
Klinkenberg 2013
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Synonyms and Alternate Names:
Arundo festucacea Willd.
Fluminea festucacea
Fluminia festucacea (Willd.) Hitchc.