Festuca edlundiae, commonly known as Edlund's fescue, is a native, perennial tufted grass found in Alaska, Canadian arctic islands, northern Greenland, far eastern arctic Russia and Svalbard.[1] The specific name honours Doctor Sylvia Edlund, a Canadian botanist. It was first described by Susan Aiken, Laurie Consaul and Leonard Lefkovitch in 1995.[2]
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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 | |
Description edit
It is closely related to Festuca brachyphylla. The plant is similar to boreal fescue (Festuca hyperborea) but has flag leaf (final leaf) blades that are 5 mm or longer and has larger spikelets. It grows in dense clumps without rhizomes.[3]
Habitat edit
The plant grows in the High Arctic in fine-grained and calcareous soils.
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 978-1457180989.
- ^ "Festuca edlundiae S. Aiken, Consaul and Lefkovitch". Flora of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Canadian Museum of Nature.
- ^ Committee, Flora of North America Editorial (1993). Flora of North America: Magnoliophyta: Commelinidae (in part): Poaceae, part 1. Vol. 24. 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 2017-04-25. Retrieved 2015-11-05.
- Susan G. Aiken; Laurie L. Consaul; Leonard P. Lefkovitch (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.