Details for: PI 614850, Festuca longifolia Thuill., 'OXFORD'


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Festuca longifolia Thuill.
Cultivar:
'OXFORD'
Origin:
Developed – United States
Received by NPGS:
17 Nov 2000
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Reproductive Uniformity:

Population
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Availability
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Festuca longifolia Thuill.
Cultivar:
'OXFORD'
Origin:
Developed – United States
Received by NPGS:
17 Nov 2000
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Reproductive Uniformity:

Population
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Source History
Accession Names and Identifiers
'OXFORD'
Type: Cultivar name

Lot Z1-9-1230
Type: Other or unclassified name

LTF-HF-95
Type: Other or unclassified name

Narrative
Low-growing, turf-type hard fescue with a medium-dark green color, fine leaves, and the ability to produce an attractive, persistent, dense turf under low maintenance. Performed well in the latest NTEP tests.
Festuca longifolia Thuill.
Genus:
Festuca
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Pooideae
Tribe:
Poeae
Subtribe:
Loliinae
Nomen number:

16670
Place of publication:

Fl. env. Paris ed. 2:50. 1799
Comment:
  • non Festuca longifolia auct. pl. (= F. brevipila R. Tracey - "hard fescue")
  • non Festuca longifolia auct. nonn. (= F. lemanii T. Bastard)
Verified:
12/18/1992 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishblue fescue  1Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
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Pedigree
Description:
Selected from old turfs of U.S. and the European cultivars Biljart, Scaldis, and Waldina were evaluated, intercrossed, and subjected to many cycles of phenotypic and genotypic selection for improved turf performance, seed yield, stress tolerance, and pest resistance.
Intellectual Property Rights
Crop Science Registration. CV-87, FESCUE. Issued: 01 Sep 2001.
  • Ford, T. M., D. A. Smith, W. A. Meyer, R. F. Bara, & C. R. Funk. 2001. OXFORD HARD FESCUE. Crop Sci. (Madison) 41(5):1641.

U.S. Plant Variety Protection
PVP 200000349
Variety: Oxford
Taxonomy: Festuca longifolia Thuill.
Experimental name/synonym: LTP-HF-95
Crop: FESCUE, HARD
Applicant: Lebanon Seaboard Corporation
Date filed: 09/22/2000
Date issued: 09/27/2004
Status: Certificate Issued
Status date: 09/27/2004

Observations

Phenotype Data

CategoryDescriptorDescriptionValueSample SizeStudyInventoryAvailability
MORPHOLOGYSeed weight 100Weight of 100 seeds in grams.0.075 GRASS.SEEDWEIGHT.WRPISPI 614850 2000o SDNot Available