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      - Order - Grasses/Sedges - Cyperales
        
        Family - Grasses - Poaceae
        
        Species - Small Six-weeks Fescue - Vulpia microstachys

Small Six-weeks Fescue - Vulpia microstachys

Other Names: Festuca microstachys

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Global Rank: G5
State Rank: SNR

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General Description

Stems 20–40 cm. Leaves: blades 1 mm wide. Inflorescence an open panicle 5–10 cm long. Spikelets 5–7 mm long. Lemmas with an awn 5–8 mm long (Lavin in Lesica 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).

Range Comments

Collected in Missoula Co.; introduced throughout western N. America (Lavin in Lesica 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX) .

Habitat

Shrub steppe vegetation as well as disturbed sites (Lavin in Lesica 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).)

References

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- Lesica, P., M. T. Lavin, and P. F. Stickney. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. Fort Worth, TX: BRIT Press. viii + 771 p.
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Citation for data on this website:
Small Six-weeks Fescue — Vulpia microstachys. Montana Field Guide. Montana Natural Heritage Program. Retrieved on October 20, 2017, from http://FieldGuide.mt.gov/speciesDetail.aspx?elcode=PMPOA6F030