Festuca edlundiae

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]

Festuca edlundiae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Subfamily:	Pooideae
Genus:	Festuca
Species:	F. edlundiae
Binomial name
Festuca edlundiae S.G.Aiken, Consaul & Lefk.

Description

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

The plant grows in the High Arctic in fine-grained and calcareous soils.

References

1. 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.
2. "Festuca edlundiae S. Aiken, Consaul and Lefkovitch". Flora of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Canadian Museum of Nature.
3. 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

• "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.