Species
Festuca occidentalis (Western fescue)
Festuca occidentalis. Photo: (c) Lena Dietz Chiasson, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Festuca occidentalis is a species of grass known by the common name western fescue. It is native to much of the northern half of North America and is most widely distributed in the west. It is most often found in forest and woodland habitat.
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Humboldt Life
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Kingdom: Plantae (Plants)
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Phylum: Tracheophyta (Vascular plants)
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Subphylum: Angiospermae (Flowering plants)
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Class: Liliopsida (Monocots)
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Order: Poales (Grasses, sedges, cattails, and allies)
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Family: Poaceae (Grasses)
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Subfamily: Pooideae
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Tribe: Poeae
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Subtribe: Loliinae (Fescues and ryegrasses)
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Genus: Festuca (Fescues)
- Species: Festuca occidentalis (Western fescue)
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Genus: Festuca (Fescues)
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Subtribe: Loliinae (Fescues and ryegrasses)
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Tribe: Poeae
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Subfamily: Pooideae
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Family: Poaceae (Grasses)
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Order: Poales (Grasses, sedges, cattails, and allies)
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Class: Liliopsida (Monocots)
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Subphylum: Angiospermae (Flowering plants)
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Phylum: Tracheophyta (Vascular plants)
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Kingdom: Plantae (Plants)
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