Festuca altissima All., 1789 22% complete

Wood fescue

Auct. Fl. Pedem.: 43 (1789)


Data sources

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Sourced8 Source not recorded8 Not on the record8 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database
Field Shown What the sources say
Core
Author All. No source recorded
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Bibliography Auct. Fl. Pedem.: 43 (1789) No source recorded
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Phylum Tracheophyta No source recorded
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Rank species No source recorded
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Status accepted No source recorded
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Year 1789 No source recorded
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Descriptive
Common name Wood fescue No source recorded
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Observations Europe to Siberia and NW. Iran No source recorded
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Morphology
Average height 39 cm
  • 39 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 12 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 161, 164, 174, 178, 500, 918
Sourced
Biological type hemicryptophyte
  • hemicryptophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 52 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 161, 164, 174, 178, 220, 500, 918
Sourced
Foliage texture empty Not on the record
Fruit shape empty Not on the record
Maximum height 120 cm
  • 120 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 161, 164, 174, 178, 500, 918
Sourced
Sexuality empty Not on the record
Phenology
Bloom months jun
1 earlier or rejected value
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Duration perennial
  • perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 5 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 164, 178, 918
Sourced
Ecology
Ground humidity empty
  • 5 / 12 · fresh, never flooded (mesohydric) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178
Not on the record
Light empty Not on the record
Nitrogen fixation None Sourced
Soil nutriments 6 / 9 · rather rich (meso-eutrophic)
  • 6 / 9 · rather rich (meso-eutrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 242
Sourced
Soil salinity 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils
  • 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 242, 489
Sourced
Usda legacy
C n ratio empty Not on the record
Other
Soil ph indicator — Not on the record
Temperature indicator — Not on the record