Participant Info

Species

Festuca brachyphylla [Fesstuca brachyphylla var. coloradensis] [Festuca ovina var. borealis] [Festuca ovina subsp. brachyphylla]

Family

Poaceae

CommonName

short-leaved fescue, alpine fescue, callused fescue

Presence

yes

Status

native

EarliestDate

1911

LatestDate

2021

Ecosystem

subalpine, tundra

Geobotanical

SSawatch, Garitas, SSanjuans, Culebras, NCristos

Counties

Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Hinsdale, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache, San Juan

Passes

Spring Creek, Stony, Wolf Creek

WildlifePreserves

Other Localities

PhotoRecords

Comments

NEED IN SITU PHOTOS. Alpine fescue, perennial and cool-season, is very common in the Watershed and has been vouchered often. It grows on tundra meadows and grassy slopes in all mountain regions, east and west. The only variety in the Watershed is Festuca brachyphylla subsp. coloradensis. In like habitat, the species is found in all USA states west of the Great Plains. It runs down the Rio Grande drainage through New Mexico but not into Texas.

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