Details for: PI 562642, Festuca rubra L., 'ARCTARED'

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Festuca rubra L.

Cultivar:

'ARCTARED'

Origin:

Developed – Alaska, United States

Maintained:

Western Regional PI Station

Received by NPGS:

13 Nov 1988

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Perennial

Life Cycle:

Perennial

Backup Location:

National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation

Availability

Form	Quantity	Note	Inventory	Cart
Seed	200 count		PI 562642 89i 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 rubra L.

Cultivar:

'ARCTARED'

Origin:

Developed – Alaska, United States

Maintained:

Western Regional PI Station

Received by NPGS:

13 Nov 1988

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Perennial

Life Cycle:

Perennial

Source History

Developed

PRE 13 November 1988.
Alaska, United States

Developer(s):

Donated

13 November 1988.
Alaska, United States

Donor(s):

Ross, Donald, USDA/ARS/SCS/Plant Materials Center

Accession Names and Identifiers

'ARCTARED'

Type: Cultivar name

W6 198

Type: Site identifier

Group: W6

Western Regional Plant Introduction (W6) accession numbers

USDA-ARS, WRPIS

Narrative

First red fescue cultivar to show dependable winter survival in the Matanuska Valley of southcentral Alaska. Produces dense, medium-textured, medium-green turf, somewhat lighter in color than most introduced cultivars. Rapid germination and excellent seedling vigor contributes to the speedy establishment of new seedlings. Average seed yields 425 kg/ha.

Festuca rubra L.

Genus:

Festuca

Family:

Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)

Subfamily:

Pooideae

Tribe:

Poeae

Subtribe:

Loliinae

Nomen number:

16718

Place of publication:

Sp. pl. 1:74. 1753

Typification:

View in Linnean Typification Project

Verified:

01/08/2008 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

Festuca rubra L. subsp. arctica (Hack.) Govor. (22 active accession[s])
Festuca rubra L. subsp. commutata Markgr.-Dann. (51 active accession[s])
Festuca rubra L. subsp. densiuscula Hack. ex Piper (2 active accession[s])
Festuca rubra L. subsp. fallax (Thuill.) Nyman (6 active accession[s])
Festuca rubra L. subsp. litoralis (G. Mey.) Auquier (3 active accession[s])
Festuca rubra L. subsp. mediana (Pavlick) Pavlick (1 active accession[s])
Festuca rubra L. subsp. pruinosa (Hack.) Piper (0 active accession[s])
Festuca rubra L. subsp. rubra (44 active accession[s])

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Autonym(s)
Festuca rubra L. f. rubra

Common names

Language	Name	Alternate name	note	seq	Citation
English	creeping fescue			1	Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
English	red fescue			1	Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).

Annotations

Observations

Phenotype Data

Category	Descriptor	Description	Value	Sample Size	Study	Inventory	Availability
MORPHOLOGY	Seed weight 100	Weight of 100 seeds in grams.	0.185		GRASS.SEEDWEIGHT.WRPIS	PI 562642 89i SD