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(First upload on February 25 2012. Last on January 11 2016) [ 日本語 | English ]

Festuca rubra L.






Mount Usu / Sarobetsu post-mined peatland
From left: Crater basin in 1986 and 2006. Cottongrass / Daylily

Festuca L. (ウシノケグサ)
F. rubra L., O-ushinokegusa (オオウシノケグサ, 大牛ノ毛草), red fescue
Lifeform: deciduous grass
Distribution and habitat:

Exotic: cosmopolitan → widespread on grasslands, and roadsides
Native: northern Japan → coast side, and others

Field training on integrated environmental research (統合環境調査法実習) (fauna and flora 種リスト)

Chromosome number: 22n = 14, 21, 28, 42, 49, 53, 56, 64 and 70
var. commutata Gaudin (イトウシノケグサ)
var. muramatsui Ohwi (ハマオオウシノケグサ)
var. musashiensis (Honda) Ohwi (アサカワソウ)
var. nankotaizanensis Ohwi (シラゲオオウシノケグサ)
var. pacifica Honda (ヒロハノオオウシノケグサ)
var. rubra, the type
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Festuca rubra in Hokkaido


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[1/2] at a slope on Charatsunai Coast faced to Pacific Ocean on August 22 2011. [3] at an openland along Ishikari Coast, where a wind power will be established, on September 3 2015. It is a kind of tussock.

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