Festuca richardsonii is a species of grass in the family Poaceae. It is native northern Eurasia and North America, from Scandinavia to Pakistan and eastern Siberia, and Alaska, Canada, and the northwestern United States. It is perennial and grows in subarctic or subalpine biomes. It was first described in 1840.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Richardson's Fescue being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
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Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Poales
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Festuca
- Species
- Festuca richardsonii
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