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Tundra fescue

Festuca lenensis

Also called Lena River Fescue, Lena Fescue

Family
Poaceae (Grass family)
Grows as
Grass, Perennial
Native range
Siberia to Russian Far East, Subarctic America
Climate
subalpine or subarctic

About

Festuca lenensis, also known as the Tundra Fescue, is a species of grass in the family Poaceae. It is native throughout Siberia to the far east of Russia and Subarctic America. It is perennial, and mainly grows in subalpine or subarctic biomes. Festuca lenensis was first published in 1915.

Other Festuca plants

Festuca floribunda · Festuca abyssinica · Banks Peninsula Blue Tussock · Festuca alatavica · Festuca aloha · Festuca alpina · Altai fescue · Wood Fescue · Amethyst Fescue · Festuca ampla · Festuca amplissima · Festuca argentina

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Festuca lenensis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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.

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