Details for: PI 549274, Festuca ovina L., 'BIGHORN'


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Festuca ovina L.
Cultivar:
'BIGHORN'
Origin:
Developed – Oregon, United States
Received by NPGS:
07 May 1991
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Availability
FormQuantityNoteInventoryCart
Seed200 countPI 549274 92i SD
Seed available for distribution is a limited resource. The quantity of seed distributed is hopefully sufficient to conduct the intended research. If additional seed is required, the recipient is urged to grow and reproduce the seed. Repeated requests for seed of the same accession will not be honored.
  
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Festuca ovina L.
Cultivar:
'BIGHORN'
Origin:
Developed – Oregon, United States
Received by NPGS:
07 May 1991
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Source History
Developed
PRE 07 May 1991.
Oregon, United States

Developer(s):
Donated
07 May 1991.
Oregon, United States

Donor(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
'BIGHORN'
Type: Cultivar name

W6 8122
Type: Site identifier
Group: W6
Western Regional Plant Introduction (W6) accession numbers
USDA-ARS, WRPIS

Narrative
Low growing turf with good density, fine texture and blue gray color. Performed well in turf trials across U.S. Resistance good to net blotch (Drechslera dictyoides), Fusarium patch (Microdochium nivale), dollar spot (Sclerotinia homeocarpa), and red thread (Laetisaria fucifomis).
Festuca ovina L.
Genus:
Festuca
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Pooideae
Tribe:
Poeae
Subtribe:
Loliinae
Nomen number:

16688
Place of publication:

Sp. pl. 1:73. 1753
Verified:
05/08/1992 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Autonym(s)
Festuca ovina L. subsp. ovina
Festuca ovina L. var. ovina

Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishovina  1Aiken, S. G. et al. 1996-. Festuca of North America: descriptions, illustrations, identification, and information retrieval.
Englishsheep fescue  1Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Chineseyang mao羊茅 2Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Frenchcoquiole  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Frenchfétuque des moutons  2Demilly, D. et al. 1996. Liste alphabétique des principales espèces de plantes cultivées et de mauvaises herbes. Noms latins et noms français, ed. 6. Note: GEVES-SNES, Beaucouzé, France
Frenchfétuque ovine  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
GermanSchafschwingel  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Italianfestuca ovina  2International Seed Testing Association. 1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2.
Portuguesefestuca-ovelha  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanishcañuela de oveja  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Swedishfårsvingel  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transcribed Koreangimuiteol  2Lee, Y. N. 1997. Flora of Korea.
Annotations
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Pathogens
Vouchers
Herbarium specimen
  • Saufferer, Sandy, USDA, ARS. 2007. Located at Pullman, Washington. Inventory sample: PI 549274. Sandy Saufferer made Herbarium 1997 or earlier.
Citations
Pedigree
Description:
Advanced generation synthetic resulting from 3 cycles of recurrent selection. Germplasm originated from old turf areas in New Jersey
Intellectual Property Rights
Crop Science Registration. CV-50, FESCUE. Issued: 01 Jan 1993.
  • Rose-Fricker, C. A. & W. A. Meyer. 1993. Bighorn Sheep Fescue. Crop Sci. (Madison) 33(1):206. Note: CV-50

U.S. Plant Variety Protection
PVP 8800064
Variety: Bighorn
Taxonomy: Festuca ovina L.
Experimental name/synonym: FOF-WC
Crop: FESCUE, HARD
Applicant: Pure-Seed Testing, Inc.
Date filed: 02/01/1988
Date issued: 05/31/1988
Status: Certificate Expired
Status date: 05/31/2006

Observations

Phenotype Data

CategoryDescriptorDescriptionValueSample SizeStudyInventoryAvailability
MORPHOLOGYSeed weight 100Weight of 100 seeds in grams.0.086 GRASS.SEEDWEIGHT.WRPISPI 549274 92i SD