Participant Info

Species

Festuca saximontana [Festuca ovina subsp. saximontana] [Festuca brachyphylla var. saximontana]]

Family

Poaceae

CommonName

Rocky Mountain fescue

Presence

yes

Status

native

EarliestDate

1896

LatestDate

2014

Ecosystem

foothill, montane, subalpine

Geobotanical

SSawatch, Garitas, SSanjuans, Culebras, NCristos

Counties

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

Passes

Elwood, Moon, La Veta

WildlifePreserves

Rio Grande

Other Localities

PhotoRecords

Comments

NEED IN SITU PHOTOS. Rocky Mountain fescue has been vouchered from all mountain ranges of the Watershed. Festuca saximontana, perennial and cool-season, is fairly common in timbered grasslands and openings, providing forage for wildlife and summer livestock. The USA distribution is all states west of the Great Plains, of the northern Great Plains, and of the Great Lakes region. The species follows the Rio Grande drainage through New Mexico but not farther down stream

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