Hairy red fescue
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Hairy red fescue ( Festuca trichophylla ) |
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The hairy red fescue ( Festuca trichophylla ) is a sweet grass (Poaceae) and belongs to the red fescue group ( Festuca rubra agg.).
description
The hairy red fescue is a perennial hemicryptophyte . It reaches heights of growth between 30 and 70 centimeters. The grass forms loose, gray-green lawns. The thread-like leaf blades are between 0.15 and 0.65 millimeters in diameter. They are folded, rough on top and more or less densely hairy. They have five to seven vascular bundles .
The number of chromosomes is 2n = 42.
Occurrence
The grass grows in wet meadows (Molinio-Arrhenatheretea Tx. 1937 em. Tx. 1970), especially in tuberous thistle- pipe grass meadows (Cirsio tuberosi-Molinietum).
literature
- Henning Haeupler , Thomas Muer: picture atlas of the fern and flowering plants of Germany (= the fern and flowering plants of Germany. Volume 2). Published by the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation. Ulmer, Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 3-8001-3364-4 , pp. 663-667.
- Jürgen Dengler: Standard list of narrow-leaved fescue families (Festuca ovina agg. And F. rubra agg.) In Germany , version of March 6, 2000 PDF
Individual evidence
- ^ Erich Oberdorfer : Plant-sociological excursion flora for Germany and neighboring areas . 8th edition. Stuttgart, Verlag Eugen Ulmer, 2001. ISBN 3-8001-3131-5 . Page 210.
Web links
- Distribution in Germany
- Festuca trichophylla (Gaudin) K. Richt. s. l., map for distribution in Switzerland In: Info Flora , the national data and information center for Swiss flora .