Festuca trachyphylla (Hack.) Krajina

  • Filed As

    Poaceae
    Festuca trachyphylla (Hack.) Krajina

  • Collector(s)

    P. Butter 980, 15 Jun 2023

  • Location

    United States of America. New York. Westchester Co. Town of Pound Ridge. Ward Pound Ridge Reservation, meadow next to Michigan Road Parking Area, 5 meters southeast of the upper parking spaces.

  • Habitat

    Successional Northern Sandplain Grassland. with Carex muhlenbergii, Poa pratensis, Dichanthelium sp., Rumex acetosella, and Lepidium virginicum. Abundant.

  • Description

    Graminoid. Dominant grass in this area, growing in rocky, sandy soil. Plants clumping, leaves blue green, inflorescence gold and red colored.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 05113054

    Occurrence ID: 618e3478-042d-4f1b-94e3-ba744e6f1757

  • Local Name

    Hard Fescue

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  • Region

    North America

  • Country

    United States of America

  • State/Province

    New York

  • County/Municipio

    Westchester Co.

  • Locality

    Town of Pound Ridge. Ward Pound Ridge Reservation, meadow next to Michigan Road Parking Area, 5 meters southeast of the upper parking spaces.

  • Elevation

    Alt. 159 m. (522 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    41.2485, -73.5939

  • Coordinate Uncertainty (m)

    30

  • Geodetic Datum

    WGS84

  • Distribution

    Map all specimens of this taxon

    No botanical uses.

Flora of the Ward Pound Ridge Reservation
Festuca trachyphyUa (Hack.) Krajina
Det. Patricia Butter, 15 June 2023
POACEAE
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United States of America. New York: Westchester County. Town of
Pound Ridge. Ward Pound Ridge Reservation, meadow next to Michigan
Road Parking Area, 5 meters southeast of the upper parking spaces
41.248523 Lat, -73.5P391 Lon (WGS84 ±30m); 159 meters elev.
Suceessional Northern Sandplain Grassland with Carex muhlenbergii Poa
pratensis, Dichanthelium sp., Rumex acetosella, mdLepidium virginicum.
Abundant Dominant grass in this area, growing in rocky, sandy soil. Plants
clumping, leaves blue green, inflorescence gold and red colored.
Photographs of plant and habitat uploaded to iNaturalist
www.inaturalist.org/observations/167884176
Patricia Butter 980	jj	JUNE 2023
Project funded by the Friends of Traiiside Museum
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