Festuca edlundiae
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Pooideae |
| Genus: | Festuca |
| Species: | F. edlundiae
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| Binomial name | |
| Festuca edlundiae | |
Festuca edlundiae, commonly known as Edlund's fescue, is a native, perennial, tufted grass of the High Arctic. It occurs in Alaska, the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, northern Greenland, far eastern Arctic Russia, and Svalbard.[1] The specific epithet honours Canadian botanist Sylvia Edlund. The species was first formally described in 1995 by Susan Aiken, Laurie Consaul, and Leonard Lefkovitch.[2]
Description
[edit]Festuca edlundiae is closely related to Festuca brachyphylla and resembles boreal fescue (Festuca hyperborea). It differs in having longer flag-leaf blades (5 mm or more) and larger spikelets. Plants form dense clumps and lack rhizomes.[3]
Habitat
[edit]F. edlundiae grows in High Arctic environments, typically on fine-grained or calcareous soils. It is well adapted to cold, short-season conditions and occurs in tundra habitats where few grasses can survive.
References
[edit]- ^ Barkworth, Mary E.; Anderton, Laurel K.; Capels, Kathleen M.; Long, Sandy; Piep, Michael B. (2007). Manual of Grasses for North America. University Press of Colorado. p. 387. ISBN 9781457180989.
- ^ "Festuca edlundiae S. Aiken, Consaul and Lefkovitch". Flora of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Canadian Museum of Nature. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
- ^ Flora of North America Editorial Committee (1993). Flora of North America North of Mexico. Vol. 24: Magnoliophyta: Commelinidae (in part): Poaceae, part 1. Oxford University Press. p. 432. ISBN 0195310713.
External links
[edit]- "Festuca edlundiae S. Aiken, Consaul & Lefkovitch". The Flora of Svalbard. Archived from the original on 25 April 2017. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
- Aiken, Susan G.; Consaul, Laurie L.; Lefkovitch, Leonard P. (1995). "Festuca edlundiae (Poaceae), a High Arctic new species compared enzymatically and morphologically with similar Festuca species". Systematic Botany. 20 (3): 374–392. doi:10.2307/2419501. JSTOR 2419501.