(First upload on December 17 2018. Last on January 29 2020) [ 日本語 | English ]
Mount Usu / Sarobetsu post-mined peatland
From left: Crater basin in 1986 and 2006. Cottongrass / Daylily
HOME > Plant list (植物リスト) > Poaceae (Gramineae) (イネ科) > Festuca arundinacea
Festuca L. (ウシノケグサ)Hiroha-no-ushinokegusa (ヒロハノウシノケグサ, 広葉ノ牛ノ毛草), meadow fescueLifeform: turfed, perennial grass Distribution: Europe
introduced to Japan in Meiji Era for forage crop Soil: suitable for loamy and heavy soils |
Chromosome number: 2n = 14, 28, 24 or 70 Synonym:
Schedonorus pratensis (Huds.) P.Beauv., when the genus establishes |
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[1-3] on a grassland in Fujimi Road Station, northern Hokkaido, on August 29 2018. [4-6] in the Fujino Cemetery, South Ward, Sapporo, on October 6 2019. Records: along a paved road at N27/E2 on June 9 2020.