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Festuca heterophylla (variousleaf fescue)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Festuca heterophylla, the various-leaved fescue, is a species of perennial plant from Poaceae family that is native to southern Europe. It is also grows in Asia, and in such US states as New York and Virginia.
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Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Medium-Low
Light Preference [2]  Mixed Sun/Shade
Soil Acidity [2]  Moderate Acid
Soil Fertility [2]  Intermediate
Soil Moisture [2]  Mostly Dry
Structure [3]  Grass

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Palava Protected Landscape Area V   Czech Republic  
Spreewald Biosphere Reserve 117355 Germany  

Predators

Phytomyza nigra[4]
Tetramesa brevicollis[4]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Blumeria graminis[5]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

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♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
♦ 2Ellenberg, H., Weber, H.E., Dull, R., Wirth, V., Werner, W., Paulissen, D. (1991) Zeigerwerte von Pflanzen in Mitteleuropa. Scripta Geobotanica 18, 1–248
♦ 3Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 4Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
♦ 5Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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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