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Festuca bromoides

Vulpia bromoides (L.) Gray.<br>Photographer: John Smith-Dodsworth, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Vulpia bromoides.<br>Photographer: John Smith-Dodsworth, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>.

Empty spikelets showing glumes. Wanganui. Jan 2011.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>.

Spikelet awns. Mount Stewart, Manawatu. Dec 2012.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

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Common names

vulpia hair grass, brome fescue, squirrel-tailed fescue

Biostatus

Exotic

Structural class

Grasses

Detailed description

Annual grass. Tufts short-lived, slender. Leaves dull green or brown-green.

Conservation status

Not applicable

Detailed taxonomy

Family

Poaceae

Authority

Festuca bromoides L.

Synonyms

Vulpia bromoides (L.) Gray

Ecology

Year naturalised

1853

Origin

Eurasia

Other information

Etymology

festuca: From the Latin festuca ‘stem’ or ‘blade of grass’

NVS code

The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.

VULBRO

Referencing and citations

References and further reading

Festuca bromoides L. - Biota of NZ (landcareresearch.co.nz)

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