Index / Search / Festuca rubra ssp. rubra
§1 Plant
Festuca rubra L. ssp. rubra
vernacular red fescue — subspecies · Poaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Poaceae Barnhart
- Genus
- Festuca
§2a
Native status, by region
- AK Alaska Native
- CAN Canada Native
- GL Greenland Native
- HI Hawaii Introduced
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
- SPM St. Pierre & Miquelon Native
§2b
County-level range
· 324 counties across 33 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 324 counties across 33 states/territories.
Alaska view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Arizona view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Hawaii view state ↗ 2 I ▾
Idaho view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 25 N ▾
- Alpena 26007
- Baraga 26013
- Berrien 26021
- Chippewa 26033
- Emmet 26047
- Gogebic 26053
- Houghton 26061
- Ingham 26065
- Iosco 26069
- Iron 26071
- Kalamazoo 26077
- Kent 26081
- Keweenaw 26083
- Leelanau 26089
- Livingston 26093
- Marquette 26103
- Mason 26105
- Missaukee 26113
- Montcalm 26117
- Newaygo 26123
- Ottawa 26139
- Presque Isle 26141
- St. Joseph 26149
- Washtenaw 26161
- Wayne 26163
Minnesota view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Nebraska view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Nevada view state ↗ 11 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 9 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 6 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 9 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 18 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Oregon view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 28 N ▾
- Allegheny 42003
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Blair 42013
- Bucks 42017
- Centre 42027
- Chester 42029
- Dauphin 42043
- Delaware 42045
- Elk 42047
- Erie 42049
- Fulton 42057
- Lackawanna 42069
- Lancaster 42071
- Luzerne 42079
- McKean 42083
- Monroe 42089
- Montgomery 42091
- Northumberland 42097
- Philadelphia 42101
- Pike 42103
- Schuylkill 42107
- Sullivan 42113
- Susquehanna 42115
- Union 42119
- Venango 42121
- Warren 42123
- Wayne 42127
Rhode Island view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 30 N ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Albemarle 51003
- Arlington 51013
- Augusta 51015
- Bland 51021
- Caroline 51033
- Chesterfield 51041
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Floyd 51063
- Fluvanna 51065
- Giles 51071
- Goochland 51075
- Grayson 51077
- Greene 51079
- Hampton (city) 51650
- Loudoun 51107
- Madison 51113
- Mathews 51115
- Mecklenburg 51117
- Montgomery 51121
- Nelson 51125
- Northampton 51131
- Page 51139
- Rappahannock 51157
- Rockingham 51165
- Shenandoah 51171
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- Wythe 51197
Washington view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 32 N ▾
- Adams 55001
- Ashland 55003
- Bayfield 55007
- Brown 55009
- Clark 55019
- Dane 55025
- Door 55029
- Green 55045
- Iron 55051
- Jackson 55053
- Jefferson 55055
- La Crosse 55063
- Lincoln 55069
- Manitowoc 55071
- Marathon 55073
- Menominee 55078
- Milwaukee 55079
- Oconto 55083
- Oneida 55085
- Portage 55097
- Price 55099
- Racine 55101
- Richland 55103
- Rusk 55107
- Sauk 55111
- Sawyer 55113
- Shawano 55115
- Sheboygan 55117
- Vilas 55125
- Washington 55131
- Waushara 55137
- Wood 55141
Wyoming view state ↗ 4 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/FERUR2 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/7226925 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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