Participant Info

Species

Festuca kingii [Leucopoa kingii] [Festuca confinis] [Hesperochloa kingii] [Poa kingii] [Wasatchia kingii]

Family

Poaceae

CommonName

King's fescue, spike fescue, spikegrass, Watson's fescue

Presence

yes

Status

EarliestDate

1986

LatestDate

1987

Ecosystem

basin, montane

Geobotanical

Garitas, LBasin

Counties

Conejos, Saguache

Passes

WildlifePreserves

Other Localities

PhotoRecords

Comments

NEED IN SITU PHOTOS. There are only two vouchered locations for King's festuca: Flat Top butte in the San Luis Hills (Conejos Co, 1986), and "Saguache Park" somewhere southwest of the town of Saguache (Saguache Co, 1987). Festuca kingii [Leucopoa kingii] grows on rocky slopes and under Ponderosa pine. These two vouchers mark the only recorded occurrences in the Rio Grande drainage, if we respect Allred et al. (2020) and BONAP (2025). The USA distribution centers in Nevada, Utah, southeast Idaho, and Wyoming, with scattered locations in Colorado.

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