Plantae > Tracheophyta > Liliopsida > Poales > Poaceae > Festuca > Festuca rubraFestuca rubra (red fescue; ravine fescue)Synonyms: Avena dura; Bromus glaucus (heterotypic); Bromus secundus; Festuca alexeevii; Festuca alexeevii var. villispiculata; Festuca alpestris (heterotypic); Festuca alpigena; Festuca ammobia; Festuca anglica; Festuca apicebubens; Festuca arenaria (heterotypic); Festuca arenaria f. glabrata; Festuca arenaria var. sabulicola; Festuca arenivaga; Festuca arnassensis; Festuca arundinacea (heterotypic); Festuca askelofiana; Festuca atlantigena; Festuca aucta; Festuca aurasiaca; Festuca baicalensis; Festuca baicalensis var. tjulinae; Festuca baicalensis var. tjulinii; Festuca bakeri; Festuca balearica; Festuca baltica; Festuca barbata (heterotypic); Festuca bella; Festuca bellojocensis; Festuca bohemica; Festuca brevicuspis; Festuca brevipila; Festuca briquetii; Festuca cambrica; Festuca cambrica var. glabra; Festuca chromatica; Festuca clarkei; Festuca communis; Festuca communis var. rubra; Festuca concolor; Festuca confertiflora; Festuca crinitula; Festuca dagestanica; Festuca daghestanica; Festuca delphinensis; Festuca demota; Festuca densiuscula; Festuca desmodes; Festuca dissita; Festuca dumeticola; Festuca dumetorum (heterotypic); Festuca dumetorum f. planifolia; Festuca dumetorum var. caesia; Festuca dumetorum var. rubra; Festuca duriuscula (heterotypic); Festuca duriuscula rubra; Festuca duriuscula var. dumetorum; Festuca duriuscula var. nemoralis; Festuca duriuscula var. rubra; Festuca duriuscula var. subvillosa; Festuca duriuscula var. vivipara; Festuca egena; Festuca elatior var. fallax; Festuca eriantha; Festuca fallace f. longifolia; Festuca fallax; Festuca fallax f. longifolia; Festuca fallax longifolia; Festuca fatua; Festuca gallica; Festuca glabra (heterotypic); Festuca glauca (heterotypic); Festuca glaucescens (heterotypic); Festuca haerens; Festuca hallandica; Festuca halleri (heterotypic); Festuca helgolandica; Festuca heterophylla subheterophylla; Festuca heterophylla var. subheterophylla; Festuca hondoensis; Festuca iberica atlantigena; Festuca iberica yvesiana; Festuca indita; Festuca ingrica; Festuca inopoda; Festuca ionostachys; Festuca islandica; Festuca juncifolia; Festuca juncifolia var. planifolia; Festuca kirelowii; Festuca kitaibeliana; Festuca laeviglumis; Festuca lanuginosa; Festuca lapidicola; Festuca laxiuscula; Festuca lepidula; Festuca limosa (heterotypic); Festuca lithocharis; Festuca longifolia (heterotypic); Festuca longiseta (heterotypic); Festuca michiganica; Festuca muralis; Festuca musashiensis; Festuca nankotaizanensis; Festuca nereia; Festuca niitakensis; Festuca occidentalis; Festuca omissa; Festuca oregona; Festuca ovina duriuscula; Festuca ovina major; Festuca ovina psammophila; Festuca ovina rubra; Festuca ovina var. duriuscula (heterotypic); Festuca ovina var. psammophila; Festuca ovina var. rubra; Festuca pallidior; Festuca pallidiuscula; Festuca paucispiculata (homotypic); Festuca planifolia; Festuca pluriflora (heterotypic); Festuca polonica; Festuca polyantha (homotypic); Festuca polyclada; Festuca polymorpha var. rubra; Festuca pratensis (heterotypic); Festuca pratensis var. fallax; Festuca propera; Festuca pruinosa; Festuca pseudonemorum; Festuca pseudorubra; Festuca pseudorubra subhomophylla; Festuca pseudorubra var. subhomophylla; Festuca pseudovivipara; Festuca pubescens (heterotypic); Festuca quercetorum; Festuca repens; Festuca richardsonii fraterculae; Festuca rivalis; Festuca rivularis pseudorivularis; Festuca rubra alaica; Festuca rubra arenaria (heterotypic); Festuca rubra arenicola; Festuca rubra atlantigena; Festuca rubra aucta; Festuca rubra baicalensis; Festuca rubra barbata; Festuca rubra cambrica; Festuca rubra clarkei; Festuca rubra commutata; Festuca rubra dagestanica; Festuca rubra daghestanica; Festuca rubra densiuscula (homotypic); Festuca rubra diversifolia; Festuca rubra dumetorum; Festuca rubra duriuscula; Festuca rubra eriantha; Festuca rubra f. alpestris; Festuca rubra f. anceps; Festuca rubra f. caespitosa; Festuca rubra f. dasyphylla; Festuca rubra f. dumetorum (heterotypic); Festuca rubra f. glabra; Festuca rubra f. glabrispicula; Festuca rubra f. grandiflora; Festuca rubra f. littoralis; Festuca rubra f. longifolia; Festuca rubra f. megastachya; Festuca rubra f. megastachys; Festuca rubra f. nemoralis; Festuca rubra f. pilosa; Festuca rubra f. pseudovivipara; Festuca rubra f. psilolemma; Festuca rubra f. rubra; Festuca rubra f. squarrosa; Festuca rubra f. subheterophylla; Festuca rubra f. villosissima; Festuca rubra fallax; Festuca rubra fraterculae; Festuca rubra glabra; Festuca rubra glabrata; Festuca rubra glabrispicula; Festuca rubra glaucescens; Festuca rubra glaucodea; Festuca rubra grandiflora; Festuca rubra hondoensis; Festuca rubra juncea; Festuca rubra kirelowii; Festuca rubra kitaibeliana; Festuca rubra lanuginosa; Festuca rubra limosa; Festuca rubra litoralis; Festuca rubra littoralis; Festuca rubra longifolia; Festuca rubra magnelii; Festuca rubra mediana; Festuca rubra megastachya; Festuca rubra megastachys; Festuca rubra musakiensis; Festuca rubra mutica; Festuca rubra nankotaizanensis; Festuca rubra niitakensis; Festuca rubra pacifica; Festuca rubra paludicola; Festuca rubra pauciflora; Festuca rubra pilosa; Festuca rubra planifolia; Festuca rubra pluriflora; Festuca rubra pruinosa; Festuca rubra pseudorivularis; Festuca rubra pseudovivipara; Festuca rubra psilolemma; Festuca rubra pubescens (homotypic); Festuca rubra radnensis; Festuca rubra scotica (homotypic); Festuca rubra secunda; Festuca rubra sochondinensis; Festuca rubra squarrosa; Festuca rubra stapfiana; Festuca rubra subheterophylla; Festuca rubra tenuifolia; Festuca rubra thessalica; Festuca rubra vallicola; Festuca rubra var. abbreviata; Festuca rubra var. alaica; Festuca rubra var. altaica; Festuca rubra var. arenaria; Festuca rubra var. atlantigena; Festuca rubra var. atrata; Festuca rubra var. baicalensis; Festuca rubra var. barbata; Festuca rubra var. biacalensis; Festuca rubra var. caesia; Festuca rubra var. caespitosa; Festuca rubra var. cambrica; Festuca rubra var. caulispicula; Festuca rubra var. cinerea (homotypic); Festuca rubra var. clarkei; Festuca rubra var. commutata; Festuca rubra var. densiuscula; Festuca rubra var. diversifolia; Festuca rubra var. dumetorum; Festuca rubra var. duriuscula; Festuca rubra var. fallax; Festuca rubra var. fraterculae; Festuca rubra var. glabra; Festuca rubra var. glabrata; Festuca rubra var. glauca; Festuca rubra var. glaucescens; Festuca rubra var. grandiflora; Festuca rubra var. hirsuta; Festuca rubra var. hirta; Festuca rubra var. hondoensis; Festuca rubra var. juncea; Festuca rubra var. lanuginosa; Festuca rubra var. latifolia; Festuca rubra var. litoralis; Festuca rubra var. littoralis; Festuca rubra var. longiseta (heterotypic); Festuca rubra var. magnelii; Festuca rubra var. major; Festuca rubra var. maritima; Festuca rubra var. mediana; Festuca rubra var. megastachya; Festuca rubra var. megastachys; Festuca rubra var. multiflora; Festuca rubra var. muramatsui; Festuca rubra var. musakiensis; Festuca rubra var. nankotaizanensis; Festuca rubra var. nemoralis; Festuca rubra var. nemorum; Festuca rubra var. niitakensis; Festuca rubra var. pacifica; Festuca rubra var. paludicola; Festuca rubra var. pauciflora; Festuca rubra var. planifolia; Festuca rubra var. pratensis; Festuca rubra var. pruinosa (homotypic); Festuca rubra var. pubescens; Festuca rubra var. pubiflora; Festuca rubra var. radnensis; Festuca rubra var. sandomiriensis; Festuca rubra var. secunda; Festuca rubra var. squarrosa; Festuca rubra var. stapfiana; Festuca rubra var. subvillosa; Festuca rubra var. tenuifolia; Festuca rubra var. villosa; Festuca rubra var. vivipara; Festuca rubra var. vulgaris; Festuca rubra var. yvesiana; Festuca rubra villosa; Festuca rubra vulgaris; Festuca rubra yvesiana; Festuca rubt; Festuca ruthenica; Festuca salina; Festuca scandinavica; Festuca scanica; Festuca septiflora; Festuca siracusana (homotypic); Festuca steineri; Festuca stricticulmis; Festuca subcontorta; Festuca subglaucescens; Festuca thuringiaca; Festuca trachyantha; Festuca trichobasis; Festuca unifaria; Festuca unifaria var. izhorica; Festuca vallicola; Festuca vaudensis; Festuca villiflora; Festuca villosa (heterotypic); Festuca viridis (homotypic); Festuca vogesiaca; Festuca waldsteinii; Festuca yvesiana; Gramen rubrum (homotypic); Poa tenuifolia oregona; Poa tenuifolia var. oregona; Schedonorus dumetorum Festuca rubra is a species of grass known by the common name red fescue or creeping red fescue. It is widespread across much of the Northern Hemisphere and can tolerate many habitats and climates. It is best adapted to well-drained soils in cool, temperate climates; it prefers shadier areas and is often planted for its shade tolerance. Wild animals browse it, but it has not been important for domestic forage due to low productivity and palatability. It is also an ornamental plant for gardens. |
Allergen Potential [1] | Medium-Low | Screening - Summer [2] | Porous | Screening - Winter [2] | Porous | | Bloom Period [2] | Mid Spring | Dispersal Mode [5] | Anemochory | Drought Tolerance [2] | Medium | Fire Tolerance [2] | High | Frost Free Days [2] | 90 days | Fruit/Seed Abundance [2] | High | Fruit/Seed Begin [2] | Spring | Fruit/Seed End [2] | Summer | Growth Form [2] | Rhizomatous | Growth Period [2] | Spring, Fall | Growth Rate [2] | Moderate | Leaf Type [2] | Deciduous | Lifespan [3] | Perennial | Propagation [2] | Seed, Sod | Regrowth Rate [2] | Moderate | Root Depth [2] | 12 inches (30 cm) | Seed Spread Rate [2] | Slow | Seed Vigor [2] | Medium | Seeds Per [2] | 454086 / lb (1001089 / kg) | Shape/Orientation [2] | Decumbent | Structure [6] | Grass | Vegetative Spread Rate [2] | Rapid | | Flower Color [2] | Yellow | Foliage Color [2] | Green | Fruit Color [2] | Brown | | Height [3] | 28 inches (.72 m) | | Hardiness Zone Minimum [2] | USDA Zone: 2 Low Temperature: -50 F° (-45.6 C°) → -40 F° (-40 C°) | Light Preference [4] | Mostly Sunny | Soil Acidity [4] | Moderate Acid | Soil Fertility [4] | Intermediate | Soil Moisture [4] | Moist | Water Use [2] | Moderate |
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Name |
IUCN Category |
Area acres |
Location |
Species |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
Acadia National Park |
II |
35996 |
Maine, United States |
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Algonquin Provincial Park |
IV |
1868802 |
Ontario, Canada |
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Aniakchak National Monument National Preserve |
Ib |
458519 |
Alaska, United States |
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Aulavik National Park |
II |
3021211 |
Northwest Territories, Canada |
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Baikalskiy Biosphere Reserve Zapovednik |
Ia |
458883 |
Russia |
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Banff National Park |
II |
1690912 |
Alberta, Canada |
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Bassegi Zapovednik |
Ia |
93739 |
Perm, Russia |
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Belovezhskaya Pushcha Biosphere Reserve National Park |
II |
218515 |
Belarus |
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Berchtesgaden Alps National Park |
II |
51433 |
Germany |
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Bering Land Bridge National Preserve |
Ib |
2823882 |
Alaska, United States |
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Berwyn a Mynyddoedd de Clwyd/ Berwyn and South Clwyd Mountains |
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67265 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Bolshekhekhtsirsky Zapovednik |
Ia |
112282 |
Khabarovsk, Russia |
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Cairngorms |
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142543 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Caithness and Sutherland Peatlands |
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354692 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Cape Breton Highlands National Park |
II |
234333 |
Nova Scotia, Canada |
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Carmarthen Bay and Estuaries/ Bae Caerfyrddin ac Aberoedd |
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163340 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Carolinian-South Atlantic Biosphere Reserve |
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310228 |
North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, United States |
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Carpathian Biosphere Reserve |
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144772 |
Ukraine |
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Changbai Mountain Nature Reserve |
V |
619089 |
Jilin, China |
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Chirripó National Park |
II |
126117 |
Costa Rica |
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Daurskiy Biosphere Reserve |
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562659 |
Russia |
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Denali Biosphere Reserve |
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1932364 |
Alaska, United States |
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Elk Island National Park |
II |
47171 |
Alberta, Canada |
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Essex Estuaries |
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114016 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Forillon National Park |
II |
61010 |
Quebec, Canada |
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Fraser Biosphere Reserve |
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23050 |
Colorado, United States |
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Fundy National Park |
II |
52716 |
New Brunswick, Canada |
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Gates of the Arctic National Park |
Ib |
184461 |
Alaska, United States |
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Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve |
Ib |
591068 |
Alaska, United States |
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Glacier National Park |
II |
953799 |
Montana, United States |
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Grand Canyon National Park |
II |
1210128 |
Arizona, United States |
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Great Smoky Mountains National Park |
II |
515454 |
North Carolina, Tennessee, United States |
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Gros Morne National Park |
II |
476632 |
Newfoundland, Canada |
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Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve |
II |
366714 |
British Columbia, Canada |
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Humber Estuary |
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90582 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Isles of Scilly Complex |
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66350 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Ivvavik National Park |
II |
2382752 |
Yukon, Canada |
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Jasper National Park |
II |
2776809 |
Alberta, Canada |
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Katmai National Park and Preserve |
Ib |
421782 |
Alaska, United States |
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Katunsky Biosphere Reserve |
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393162 |
Altai, Russia |
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Kavkazskiy Biosphere Reserve |
Ia |
692723 |
Krasnodar, Karachay-Cherkessia, Adygea, Russia |
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Kedrovaya Pad Zapovednik |
Ia |
44224 |
Primorsky Krai , Russia |
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Kejimkujik National Park |
II |
94203 |
Nova Scotia, Canada |
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Kenai Fjords National Park |
Ib |
574822 |
Alaska, United States |
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Khopersky Zapovednik |
Ia |
47103 |
Russia |
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Kluane National Park and Reserve National Park Reserve |
II |
5463436 |
Yukon, Canada |
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Kobuk Valley National Park |
Ib |
1576553 |
Alaska, United States |
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Kootenay National Park |
II |
341762 |
British Columbia, Canada |
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Kouchibouguac National Park |
II |
59161 |
New Brunswick, Canada |
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Kronotskiy Biosphere Reserve |
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361480 |
Russia |
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Lago Puelo National Park |
II |
47607 |
Chubut, Argentina |
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Lake Clark National Park and Preserve |
Ib |
386679 |
Alaska, United States |
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Lake Superior Provincial Park |
IV |
351011 |
Ontario, Canada |
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Laplandskiy Biosphere Reserve |
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757114 |
Russia |
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Lizard Point |
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34565 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Los Alerces National Park |
II |
463045 |
Chubut, Argentina |
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Magadansky Zapovednik |
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2332834 |
Russia |
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Mammoth Cave Area Biosphere Reserve (Natn'l Park) National Park |
II |
51235 |
Kentucky, United States |
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Migneint–Arenig–Dduallt |
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49343 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Moor House – Upper Teesdale |
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95867 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Moray Firth |
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373987 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Morecambe Bay |
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151985 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Mount Arrowsmith Biosphere Reserve |
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293047 |
British Columbia, Canada |
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Nahanni National Park Reserve |
II |
1309627 |
Northwest Territories, Canada |
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Nahuel Huapi National Park |
II |
759703 |
Argentina |
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Niagara Escarpment Biosphere Reserve |
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470167 |
Ontario, Canada |
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Noatak Biosphere Reserve |
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7500143 |
Alaska, United States |
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North Pennine Moors |
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254789 |
England, United Kingdom |
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North York Moors |
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108930 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Okskiy Biosphere Reserve |
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190748 |
Russia |
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Pacific Rim National Park Reserve |
II |
137900 |
British Columbia, Canada |
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Pembrokeshire Marine/ Sir Benfro Forol |
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341177 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Pukaskwa National Park |
II |
459860 |
Ontario, Canada |
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Reserve de la Biosphere des Vosges du Nord Biosphere Reserve |
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301469 |
France |
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Riding Mountain Biosphere Reserve |
II |
762028 |
Manitoba, Canada |
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Rocky Mountain Biosphere Reserve |
II |
239938 |
Colorado, United States |
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Saguenay - St. Lawrence Marine Park National Marine Conservation Area |
II |
310822 |
Canada |
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Salisbury Plain |
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52975 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Sayano-Shushenskiy Biosphere Reserve |
Ia |
964620 |
Krasnoyarsk, Russia |
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Shenandoah National Park |
II |
108221 |
Virginia, United States |
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Solent Maritime |
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27985 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Solway Firth |
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107829 |
England/Scotland, United Kingdom |
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South Pennine Moors |
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160577 |
England, United Kingdom |
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South Wight Maritime |
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49082 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Southern Appalachian Biosphere Reserve |
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37548505 |
North Carolina, Tennessee, United States |
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Strathglass Complex |
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58277 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Sunart |
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25320 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Taimyrsky Biosphere Reserve |
Ia |
4403240 |
Taimyr, Russia |
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Terra Nova National Park |
IV |
125894 |
Newfoundland, Canada |
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The New Forest |
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72309 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Tsentral'no-Lesnoy Biosphere Reserve |
Ia |
62630 |
Russia |
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Tsentral'no-Sibirskiy Biosphere Reserve |
Ia |
2521510 |
Krasnoyarsk, Russia |
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Ussuriysky Zapovednik |
Ia |
99910 |
Primorsky Krai , Russia |
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Voronezhskiy Biosphere Reserve |
|
95835 |
Russia |
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Waddensea of Hamburg Biosphere Reserve |
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31422 |
Germany |
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Wapusk National Park |
II |
2614324 |
Manitoba, Canada |
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Winisk River Provincial Park |
II |
434735 |
Ontario, Canada |
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Wood Buffalo National Park |
II |
11038545 |
Alberta, Canada |
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Yellowstone Biosphere Reserve |
II |
2196863 |
Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, United States |
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Yoho National Park |
II |
317576 |
British Columbia, Canada |
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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