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Festuca baffinensis
Also called Baffin Island Fescue, Arctic Fescue
Baffin fescue is a small perennial grass from cold northern regions, native to subarctic areas across the Northern Hemisphere and parts of west-central North America. It is a wild arctic species rather than a common garden plant, so it is best suited to cool, open, sunny sites.
Festuca baffinensis, also called the Baffin Island fescue, is a species of grass in the Poaceae family. The name was published in Bulletin of the National Museum of Canada in 1940. The specific name 'baffinensis' was named after Baffin Island in Canada. This species can be found natively from Subarctic Northern Hemisphere to W. Central U.S.A. It was first described in 1940 by Nicholas Polunin.
Festuca baffinensis is a perennial plant and mainly grows in temperate biomes or volcanic areas.
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The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
