Overview
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Interesting Facts
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Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Eight-Flower Six-Weeks Grass, Pullout Grass, Six-Weeks Fescue, Sixweeks Fescue, Sixweeks Grass
Description
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Physical Description
Habit: Graminoid
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 2,998 meters (0 to 9,836 feet).[1]
Biology
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Reproduction
Duration: Annual
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Plantae
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
()
- Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Vascular Plants
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
()
- (Auct.) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Infraphylum:
Angiospermae
()
- Auct.
- Class:
Spermatopsida
()
- Brongniart, 1843
- Subclass:
Commelinidae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder:
Juncanae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder:
Juncanae
(
- Subclass:
Commelinidae
(
- Class:
Spermatopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Angiospermae
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 15-Mar-2000
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Vulpia
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 17 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
V. bromoides (Barren Fescue) · V. ciliata (Fringed Fescue) · V. ciliata ambigua (Fringed Fescue) · V. ciliata ciliata (Fringed Fescue) · V. microstachys (Little Fescue) · V. microstachys var. ciliata (Eastwood Fescue) · V. microstachys var. confusa (Confusing Fescue) · V. microstachys var. microstachys (Desert Fescue) · V. microstachys var. pauciflora (Pacific Fescue) · V. myuros (Foxtail Fescue) · V. myuros myuros (Rat-Tailed Fescue) · V. octoflora (Eight-Flower Six-Weeks Grass) · V. octoflora var. glauca (Eight-Flower Six-Weeks Grass) · V. octoflora var. hirtella (Sixweeks Fescue) · V. octoflora var. octoflora (Eight-Flower Six-Weeks Grass) · V. sciurea (Squirreltail Fescue) · V. unilateralis (Mat-Grass Fescue)
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Further Reading
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- A preliminary classification of the plant communities of northeastern Montana / Robert L. DeVelice [et al.]. Helena, MT: Montana Natural Heritage Program, c1991. url , , , , , , , , , .
- Annotated list of the ferns and flowering plants of New York state, by Homer D. House. Albany, The University of the state of New York, 1924. url p. 121.
- Biological survey of a prairie landscape in Montana's glaciated plains: final report / Helena, Mont.: Montana Natural Heritage Program: 2001. url .
- Botanical and vegetation survey of Carter County, Montana, Bureau of Land Management-administered lands / prepared by Jim Vanderhorst, Stephen V. Cooper, and Bonnie L. Heidel; prepared for United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management. Helena, MT: Montana Natural Heritage Program, [1998] url .
- Common and scientific names of weeds in Canada = Noms populaires et scientifiques des plantes nuisibles du Canada / Ottawa: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada = Agriculture et agroalimentaire Canada, c2000. url p. 112.
- Contributions from the New York Botanical Garden. New York: The Garden, 1899- url p. 538.
- Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 48 2003 Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1890- url p. 269, p. 309, p. 312, p. 320, p. 323, p. 329, p. 379, p. 690, p. 693.
- Erigenia: journal of the Illinois Native Plant Society. Carbondale, Ill.: The Society, 1982- url p. 11, p. 35, p. 45, p. 8.
- Flora of Delaware and the Eastern Shore: an annotated list of the ferns and flowering plants of the peninsula of Delaware, Maryland and Virginia. [Wilmington]: Society of Natural History of Delaware, 1946. url p. 19.
- Great Basin naturalist memoirs. 1987 [Provo, Utah]Brigham Young University, 1976-1992. url p. 735, p. 82.
- Illinois River Bluffs area assessment / Illinois Department of Natural Resources, Office of Scientific Research and Analysis, [and the] State Geological Survey Division. Springfield, Ill.: Illinois Dept. of Natural Resources, 1998- url p. 169, p. 186.
- Manual of the grasses of the United States / by A.S. Hitchcock. Washington: U.S. G.P.O., 1935. url p. 860.
- Memoirs of the San Diego Society of Natural History. 12 1981 San Diego, Calif.: The Society, 1931-1989. url fig. 14, page 33, fig. 31, page 51.
- National list of scientific plant names. [Washington, D.C.]: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service, 1982- url p. 432.
- Phytologia memoirs. Plainfield, N.J.: H.N. Moldenke and A.L. Moldenke, 1980- url p. 64.
- Phytologia. Bronx Park, New York, H.A. Gleason and H.N. Moldenke, url p. 125, p. 254, p. 26, p. 263, p. 267, p. 270, p. 274, p. 296, p. 393, p. 414, p. 438, p. 78.
- Plant species of concern and plant associations of Powder River county, Montana / Helena, Mont.: Montana Natural Heritage Program, c2002. url , .
- Post-fire recovery of Wyoming big sagebrush shrub-steppe in centeral and southeast Montana/ Helena, MT: Montana Natural Heritage Program, c2007. url .
- Rock River area assessment / Illinois Department of Natural Resources, Office of Scientific Research and Analysis, Natural History Survey Division, in conjunction with State Geological Survey Division. Springfield, IL: Illinois Dept. of Natural Resources, 1996- url p. 132, p. 54, p. 72, p. 82, p. 84.
- Sensitive plant species survey, Ashland District, Custer National Forest, Powder River and Rosebud Counties, Montana / by Bonnie L. Heidel and Hollis Marriott; for Custer National Forest. Helena, MT: Montana Natural Heritage Program, [1996] url .
- Station bulletin. Durham, N.H.: Agricultural Experiment Station, University of New Hampshire, 1948- url p. 39.
- Studies on Rocky Mountain flora. New York, New York Botanical Garden, 1899-1913. url p. 538.
- The Canadian field-naturalist. Ottawa, Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club. url p. 3.
- The Great Basin naturalist. 48 1988 Provo, Utah: M.L. Bean Life Science Museum, Brigham Young University, 1939-1999. url p. 114, p. 151, p. 152, p. 154, p. 29, p. 53, fig. 3, page 588, p. 625, p. 70, p. 760, p. 86, p. 92.
- Woodhawk botanical survey, Fergus County, Montana, Lewistown District of the Bureau of Land Management / Helena, Mont.: Montana Natural Heritage Program, c1997. url .
Notes
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Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 11, 2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed November 08, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 3 providers.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
- USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL (May 01, 2008)
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 22, 2007:
- Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden
- Oregon State University, Vascular Plant Collection
- School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Arizona State University Vascular Plant Herbarium
- USDA PLANTS, USDA PLANTS Database
- University of Alabama Biodiversity and Systematics, Herbarium
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2662069
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-42264
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13754320
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:426682-1
- GRIN Nomen Number: 41940
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 42264
- U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: FEOCH2 VUO
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 68519
Footnotes
- Mean = 540.510 meters (1,773.327 feet), Standard Deviation = 596.950 based on 1,204 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
