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Festuca hyperborea

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Festuca hyperborea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Pooideae
Genus: Festuca
Species:
F. hyperborea
Binomial name
Festuca hyperborea
Synonyms[1]
  • Festuca hyperborea Holmen ex Fred. in Bot. Not. 130: 273 (1977), nom. illeg.

Festuca hyperborea also known as the boreal fescue, is a species of grass in the family Poaceae. This species is native to Greenland, Kamchatka, Krasnoyarsk, Labrador, Magadan, North European Russia, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Québec, Svalbard, Yakutskiya, and Yukon. It is perennial and mainly grows in subalpine or subarctic biomes. Festuca hyperborea was first described in 1957.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Festuca hyperborea Holmen". Retrieved 2023-01-14.