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(First upload on February 13 2017. Last on October 29 2022) [ 日本語 | English ]

Festuca parvigluma Steud.






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

Festuca L. (ウシノケグサ)
Toboshigara (トボシガラ, 唐帽子殻)
Lifeform: turfed, perennial grass, with 30-60 cm tall
Distribution: northern India - China - Korea - Japan
Habitat: grasslands and sparse forests, in particular, on forest edges and forest roads
Arista: curly and long
var. breviaristata Ohwi (イブキトボシガラ)
Synonyms:

- f. breviaristata (Ohwi) T. Koyama
Festuca ohwiana E. B. Alexeev

Schedonorus iganteus (L.) Soreng et Terrell (オウシュウトボシガラ)
Syn. F. gigantea (L.) Vill.
Exotic to Japan → Hokkaido Blue List: B
Firstly reported from the Botanic Garden of Hokkaido University in 1971
These plants may be this species - need to check
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Festuca parvigluma in Hokkaido


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[1-3] along Horonai River in Tomakomai Experimental Forest (ToEF), central Hokkaido, on June 10 2022.

Festuca gigantea (L.) Vill. in Hokkaido


O-shutoboshigara (オウシュウトボシガラ, 欧州唐帽子殻), giant fescue
Lifeform: loosely-turfed perennial grasss ≈ 45-200 cm tall
Distribution: Europe - Caucasus - central Asia - western and eastern Siberia

Hokkaido Blue List: B

Habitat: on heavy, neutral and calcerous soils, in woodland, hedge banks and shady places
Chromosome number: 2n = 42
Synonyms:

Lolium giganteum (L.) Darbysh., often used
Schedonorus giganteus (L.) Holub

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[1-4] probably F. gigantea at a roadside close to Central Kindergarten, N2/W11, Sapporo, on July 13 2016.

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