Taxon: Festuca rubra L. subsp. arctica (Hack.) Govor.

Summary

Genus:

Festuca

Family:

Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)

Subfamily:

Pooideae

Tribe:

Poeae

Subtribe:

Loliinae

Nomen number:

446524

Place of publication:

Fl. Urala 127. 1937

Verified:

01/08/2008 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

24 (22 active, 10 available) in National Plant Germplasm System. (Map it)

Other conspecific taxa

Festuca rubra L. (432 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

Basionym
Festuca rubra L. subvar. arenaria (Osbeck) Hack. f. arctica Hack.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Festuca richardsonii Hook.
Festuca rubra L. subsp. richardsonii (Hook.) Hultén

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Conservation Status

Reference(s)

Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource). Note: = Festuca richardsonii Hook.
FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970-. Flora of [West] Pakistan.
Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea. Note: = Festuca richardsonii Hook.
Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR
Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).

Common names

Language	Name	Alternate name	note	seq	Citation
English	Arctic red fescue			1	FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
French	fétuque de Richardson			2	FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State	Note	Reference
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Middle Asia	Kazakhstan		s.e.	Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Middle Asia	Kyrgyzstan			Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Middle Asia	Tajikistan			Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Mongolia	Mongolia			Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Russian Far East	Russian Federation	Kamčatskij kraj		Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Russian Far East	Russian Federation	Kurile Islands		Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Russian Far East	Russian Federation	Magadanskaja oblast'		Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Siberia	Russian Federation	Gorno-Altay		Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Siberia	Russian Federation	Irkutsk		Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Siberia	Russian Federation	Krasnoyarsk		Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Siberia	Russian Federation	Tyumen		Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Siberia	Russian Federation	Yakutia-Sakha		Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR
1	Native	Europe	Eastern Europe	Russian Federation	Komi		Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR
1	Native	Europe	Eastern Europe	Russian Federation	Neneckij avtonomnyj okrug		Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR
1	Native	Europe	Northern Europe	Faroe Islands			Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea. Note: = Festuca richardsonii Hook.
1	Native	Europe	Northern Europe	Finland			Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea. Note: = Festuca richardsonii Hook.
1	Native	Europe	Northern Europe	Iceland			Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea. Note: = Festuca richardsonii Hook.
1	Native	Europe	Northern Europe	Norway			Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea. Note: = Festuca richardsonii Hook.
1	Native	Europe	Northern Europe	Svalbard and Jan Mayen			Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
1	Native	Europe	Northern Europe	Sweden			Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea. Note: = Festuca richardsonii Hook.
1	Native	Northern America	Eastern Canada	Canada	Newfoundland and Labrador	Labrador	FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1	Native	Northern America	Eastern Canada	Canada	Ontario	n.	FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1	Native	Northern America	Eastern Canada	Canada	Québec	n.	FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1	Native	Northern America	Subarctic America	Canada	Northwest Territories		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1	Native	Northern America	Subarctic America	Canada	Yukon		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1	Native	Northern America	Subarctic America	Greenland			Aiken, S. G. et al. 1996-. Festuca of North America: descriptions, illustrations, identification, and information retrieval. Note: = Festuca rubra subsp. richardsonii (Hook.) Hultén
1	Native	Northern America	Subarctic America	United States	Alaska		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1	Native	Northern America	Western Canada	Canada	Alberta	w.	FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1	Native	Northern America	Western Canada	Canada	British Columbia	n.w.	FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1	Native	Northern America	Western Canada	Canada	Manitoba	n.	FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.

Native
Asia-Temperate

SIBERIA: Russian Federation [Gorno-Altay, Irkutsk, Krasnoyarsk, Tyumen, Yakutia-Sakha]
MIDDLE ASIA: Kazakhstan (s.e.), Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
MONGOLIA: Mongolia
RUSSIAN FAR EAST: Russian Federation [Kurile Islands, Kamčatskij kraj, Magadanskaja oblast']

Europe

NORTHERN EUROPE: Finland, Faroe Islands, Iceland, Norway, Svalbard and Jan Mayen, Sweden
EASTERN EUROPE: Russian Federation [Komi, Neneckij avtonomnyj okrug]

Northern America

SUBARCTIC AMERICA: Canada [Northwest Territories, Yukon], Greenland, United States [Alaska]
EASTERN CANADA: Canada [Québec (n.), Ontario (n.), Newfoundland and Labrador (Labrador)]
WESTERN CANADA: Canada [Alberta (w.), Manitoba (n.), British Columbia (n.w.)]

Reference(s)

Aiken, S. G. et al. 1996-. Festuca of North America: descriptions, illustrations, identification, and information retrieval. Note: = Festuca rubra subsp. richardsonii (Hook.) Hultén
Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea. Note: = Festuca richardsonii Hook.
Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR
Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=446524. Accessed 12 May 2026.