Festuca rubra

L. (1753)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Monocots Order: Poales Family: Poaceae Genus: Festuca

blue fescue, Chewwing's fescue, red fescue

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Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Perennials, loosely tufted, erect to ascending, 4.5–10 dm tall.

Stems: Culms occasionally producing short, delicate rhizomes, red-tinged or purple-tinged at base.

Roots: Roots fibrous.

Leaves: Leaves simple. Alternate. Blades 8-17 cm long, usually involute. Apex acute. Sparsely scabrous on margins and at the apex. Veins parallel. Sheaths 3-4 cm long, striate, usually glaucous; ligule ca. 0.5 mm long. Stipules absent.

Flowers: Inflorescences paniculate, 3-20 cm long, usually narrow and contracted, with erect or ascending branches 2-4 mm long; spikelets usually pale green or glaucous, often purple-tinged, 4-7-flowered, 10-15 mm long (including awns), rachilla scabrous; glumes attenuate, sparsely scabrous on upper 1/2 of keel, first glume 2.5-3 mm long; Palea 4-5 mm long, keels scabrous, apex acute.

Fruit: Caryopsis pale brown; oblong; 34 mm long; dorsally compressed and sulcate.

Ploidy: 2n = 14; 28; 35; 42-44; 46; 47; 49; 53; 55; 56; 60; 63; 64; 68-70

Habitat: Sparingly naturalized in pastures and shrubland communities.

Elevation Range: 820–2,140 m.

Historical Distribution

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Synonyms (198)

Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Naturalized

Island Status

Kaua'i Potentially Naturalizing
O'ahu Naturalized
Maui Naturalized
Hawai'i Naturalized

Dispersal Agents

Water/Ocean
Wind
Other Animals

Vegetative Reproduction

Pollinators

Bibliography

Name Published In: Sp. Pl.: 74 (1753)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:1547 (M, H); Wagner et al. 1997:60 (K); Oppenheimer 2008:33 (Mo); Starr & Starr 2011:32 (EM, high elev record); Oppenheimer 2011:9 (remove K [re-IDed as F. aloha], Mo [re-IDed as F. molokaiensis]); Catalán et al. 2009:57 (KEY); Faccenda 2023c:122 (O, note on vivipary); Faccenda, Yorkston & Morden 2024:38, 45 (ID confirmed via ITS sampling)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Festuca rubra Haleakala National Park. Base of Halemau'u switch backs Preserved_Specimen Gagné, B.H. 3093 Maui BISH 1991-07-18
2 Festuca rubra Haleakala National Park, between curb & Sliding Sands Trailhead Preserved_Specimen Gagné, B.H. 3086 Maui BISH 1991-05-13
3 Festuca rubra East Maui, Haleakala Crater, Holua Flats below Halemauu switchbacks Preserved_Specimen Welton, P. 2311 Maui BISH 2001-05-18
4 Festuca rubra East Maui, Makawao District, Kalialinui, along unpaved road from Haleakala NP to Waikamoi Preserve. Northing: 2299310; Easting: 787756 Preserved_Specimen Oppenheimer, H.L. 71905 Maui BISH 2019-07-22
5 Festuca rubra Haleakala ranch, Olinda, Makawao Pasture, edge of Forest Reserve Preserved_Specimen Occasional Hosaka, E.Y. 1683 Maui BISH 1937-01-15
6 Festuca rubra Parker ranch Preserved_Specimen Westgate, J.M. Hawaii BISH 1919-06-18
7 Festuca rubra East Maui, Haleakala Summit Survey Preserved_Specimen Haus, B. Maui BISH 2000-05-11
8 Festuca rubra Plot# 157 - Division II. Haleakala Branch Station Preserved_Specimen Murphy, F.T. Maui BISH
9 Festuca rubra Puu Oo Ranch Preserved_Specimen Lyon, H.L. Hawaii BISH 1929-07-08
10 Festuca rubra East Maui, Polipoli, Waiakoa loop trail, near hunter check-in station Open pasture, Forest margin, puffy dry ash. Associated vegetation: Myrica faya. Acacia mearnsii, Eucalyptus. Preserved_Specimen Erect annual grass, tufted; 1m ht, 1-2mm wide; red stems and flowers. Starr, F. 208088 Maui BISH 2002-08-08
11 Festuca rubra E Maui, Makawao District, Pohakuokala Gulch, mauka of the highway Occasional in gulch bottom. Vegetation: Subalpine Shurbland Preserved_Specimen Grass growing in clumps; spikelets yellow Oppenheimer, H.L. 51534 Maui BISH 2015-05-19
12 Festuca rubra East Maui, Makawao, Kula FR, Waiohui ahupuaa recently burned subalpine shrubland Preserved_Specimen clumping grass; culms spreading to decumbent Oppenheimer, H.L. 60917 Maui BISH 2009-06-15
13 Festuca rubra E Maui, Makawao District, Alae, Kula FR, Waiakoa Trail Occasional along distrubed trail side and pig diggings. Vegetation: Disturbed Subalpine Shrubland dominated by Pinus spp. Amid Holcus, Dactylis, Deschampsia, Anthoxanthum, Cenchrus. Preserved_Specimen Clumping grass Oppenheimer, H.L. 61606 Maui BISH 2016-06-13
14 Festuca rubra East Maui, Kaonoulu Occasional in pasture. Preserved_Specimen Oppenheimer, H.L. 50704 Maui BISH 2007-05-03
15 Festuca rubra East Maui, Haleakala Crater National Park, Across rd from park headquarters In heath scrub. Preserved_Specimen Henrickson, J.S. 3949 Maui BISH 1969-07-21
16 Festuca rubra Ulupalakua Ranch, near upper fireweed plot. In pasture. Ranch, mesic, pasture. Preserved_Specimen Naturalized Starr, F. 13070901 Maui BISH 2013-07-09
17 Festuca rubra Hanalei District, Kalalau Rim, Kalahu side, below & W of first Kalalau lookout Isolated hanging side-valley of lowland diverse mesic forest surrounded by precipitous cliffs. Assoc w/ Gouania, Peucedanum, Poa mannii, Hedyotis sp. nov., Lysimachia glutinosa, Melicope pallida, Nototrichium sp. nov., Dubautia sp. nov., Dryopteris, Metrosideros, Lipochaeta subcordata, Lobelia niihauensis, Lepidium, Nestegis, Hibiscus kokio, Eragrostis, Preserved_Specimen 30 cm tall grass, in flower. Wood, K.R. 1704 Kauai BISH 1992-03-13
18 Festuca rubra East Maui, Haleakala Ranch pasture, sub alpine shrubland Preserved_Specimen Bily, P. Maui BISH 2002-09-26
19 Festuca rubra east Maui, Makawao District, Pohakuokala Gulch, mauka of the highway. in gulch bottom. Vegetation: Subalpine Shrubland Preserved_Specimen Occasional grass growing in clumps; spikelets reddish. Oppenheimer, H.L. 51535 Maui BISH 2015-05-19
20 Festuca rubra Kula, S of Haleakala Crater Rd In gulch. Preserved_Specimen Hobdy, R.W. 1651 Maui BISH 1982-07-20
21 Festuca rubra Mauna Kea, about 3 km up the access road on right side past the grove of trees. Dry pasture type habitat dominated by invasive grass. Preserved_Specimen Common Faccenda, K. 3599 Hawaii BISH 2024-07-10
22 Festuca rubra Kamuela Planted pasture. Preserved_Specimen Perennial grass. Ewart III, G.R. 316 Hawaii BISH 1933-07-11
23 Festuca rubra Kilauea In pasture. Preserved_Specimen Hosaka, E.Y. 2518 Hawaii BISH 1940-05-11
24 Festuca rubra Kilauea Hawaii National Park Common along raodside, planted for cover in moist locations Preserved_Specimen Hosaka, E.Y. 3640 Hawaii BISH 1951-07-15
25 Festuca rubra Haleakala National Park, west boundary, along roadside along roadside Preserved_Specimen Gagné, B.H. 3055 Maui BISH 1991-04-17
26 Festuca rubra Keauhou Ranch, Kau District, on Puu oo Trail Growing on roadside in Pennisteum - Anthoxanthum - Sporobolus pasture. Preserved_Specimen Dry bunchgrass 1 1/2 to 2' tall. Cuddihy, L.W. 664 Hawaii BISH 1980-11-26
27 Festuca rubra Pu'u Ka'ala summit Roadside at summit Preserved_Specimen Colony covering at least 20 m square of disturbed roadside. Faccenda, K. 3099 Oahu BISH 2023-05-06
28 Festuca rubra NW outer slope of Haleakala, near entrance of Haleakala Nat'l Park. Above park horse barns In heath scrub, with Vaccinium reticulatum, Pteridium aquilinum, Coprosma, etc. Preserved_Specimen Henrickson, J.S. 3836 Maui BISH 1969-07-12
29 Festuca rubra East Maui, Makawao District, pastures North of Puu Nianiau Occasional with Pennisetum, Holcus and Anthoxanthum. Preserved_Specimen Oppenheimer, H.L. 50730 Maui BISH 2007-05-24
30 Festuca rubra Keauhou Ranch, Kau District, on Puu Oo Trail growing roadside in Pennisetum-Anthoxanthum-Sporobolus pasture. Preserved_Specimen Dry bunchgrass 1.5-2.0 ft tall Cuddihy, L.W. 664 Hawaii BISH 1980-11-26
31 Festuca rubra Haleakala National Park, between curb & Sliding Sands Trailhead Preserved_Specimen Gagné, B.H. 3085 Maui BISH 1991-05-13
32 Festuca rubra East Maui, HNP, near lower housing area, on old road to Silversword Inn Disturbed shrubland with hard packed soil. Associated vegetation: Pukiawe, pines, Eucalyptus. Preserved_Specimen Erect grass. Starr, F. 207022 Maui BISH 2002-07-02
33 Festuca rubra Kawaiiki, off Kaluahaulu ridge, S of Koaie, N of Waialae upper forest and drainage, mesic; Metrosideros, Acacia, Dubautia laevigata, Hedyotis terminalis, Cheirodendron trigynum, Dianella sandwicensis, Poa sandwicensis, Bidens cosmoides, Peperomia membranacea Preserved_Specimen grass, tufted, vigorous Wood, K.R. 13038 Kauai BISH 2008-05-22
34 Festuca rubra Honolulu, 42 Coelho Way, in shaded garden OBSERVATION Curtis Daehler Oahu HAPI 7/15/2007
35 Festuca rubra East Maui, Makawao District, pastures North of Puu Nianiau OBSERVATION Curtis Daehler Maui HAPI 3/19/2007
36 Festuca rubra East Maui, Makawao, Kula FR, Waiohui ahupuaa OBSERVATION Curtis Daehler Maui HAPI 3/25/2007
37 Festuca rubra East Maui, Haleakala Crater, Halemau trail switchbacks Preserved_Specimen Common name: red fescue; ravine fescue Welton, P. 1656 Maui BISH 1992-06-28
38 Festuca rubra Makawao, Kealahou Permanent pasture Preserved_Specimen Common, adapted to high pastures Hosaka, E.Y. 2677 Maui BISH 1944-05-12
39 Festuca rubra Haleakala Observatories, Puu Kolekoloe. Scattered around Science City Naturalized. Developed alpine desert (Argryoxiphium sandwicense, Dubautia menziesii, Erodium cicutarium). Preserved_Specimen Starr, F. 9050401 Maui BISH 2009-05-04
40 Festuca rubra East Maui, Haleakala Crater at Paliku Cabijn Preserved_Specimen Welton, P. 1925 Maui BISH 1997-05-27
41 Festuca rubra Haleakala Crater, Holua Flats. Preserved_Specimen Welton, P. 2311 Maui BISH 2011-05-18
42 Festuca rubra Haleakala National Park. Base of Halemau'u switch backs Preserved_Specimen Gagné, B.H. 3093 Maui BISH 1991-07-18
43 Festuca rubra Haleakala National Park, between curb & Sliding Sands Trailhead Preserved_Specimen Gagné, B.H. 3086 Maui BISH 1991-05-13
44 Festuca rubra East Maui, Haleakala Crater, Holua Flats below Halemauu switchbacks Preserved_Specimen Welton, P. 2311 Maui BISH 2001-05-18
45 Festuca rubra East Maui, Makawao District, Kalialinui, along unpaved road from Haleakala NP to Waikamoi Preserve. Northing: 2299310; Easting: 787756 Preserved_Specimen Oppenheimer, H.L. 71905 Maui BISH 2019-07-22
46 Festuca rubra Haleakala ranch, Olinda, Makawao Pasture, edge of Forest Reserve Preserved_Specimen Occasional Hosaka, E.Y. 1683 Maui BISH 1937-01-15
47 Festuca rubra Parker ranch Preserved_Specimen Westgate, J.M. Hawaii BISH 1919-06-18
48 Festuca rubra East Maui, Haleakala Summit Survey Preserved_Specimen Haus, B. Maui BISH 2000-05-11
49 Festuca rubra Plot# 157 - Division II. Haleakala Branch Station Preserved_Specimen Murphy, F.T. Maui BISH
50 Festuca rubra Puu Oo Ranch Preserved_Specimen Lyon, H.L. Hawaii BISH 1929-07-08
51 Festuca rubra East Maui, Polipoli, Waiakoa loop trail, near hunter check-in station Open pasture, Forest margin, puffy dry ash. Associated vegetation: Myrica faya. Acacia mearnsii, Eucalyptus. Preserved_Specimen Erect annual grass, tufted; 1m ht, 1-2mm wide; red stems and flowers. Starr, F. 208088 Maui BISH 2002-08-08
52 Festuca rubra E Maui, Makawao District, Pohakuokala Gulch, mauka of the highway Occasional in gulch bottom. Vegetation: Subalpine Shurbland Preserved_Specimen Grass growing in clumps; spikelets yellow Oppenheimer, H.L. 51534 Maui BISH 2015-05-19
53 Festuca rubra East Maui, Makawao, Kula FR, Waiohui ahupuaa recently burned subalpine shrubland Preserved_Specimen clumping grass; culms spreading to decumbent Oppenheimer, H.L. 60917 Maui BISH 2009-06-15
54 Festuca rubra E Maui, Makawao District, Alae, Kula FR, Waiakoa Trail Occasional along distrubed trail side and pig diggings. Vegetation: Disturbed Subalpine Shrubland dominated by Pinus spp. Amid Holcus, Dactylis, Deschampsia, Anthoxanthum, Cenchrus. Preserved_Specimen Clumping grass Oppenheimer, H.L. 61606 Maui BISH 2016-06-13
55 Festuca rubra East Maui, Kaonoulu Occasional in pasture. Preserved_Specimen Oppenheimer, H.L. 50704 Maui BISH 2007-05-03
56 Festuca rubra East Maui, Haleakala Crater National Park, Across rd from park headquarters In heath scrub. Preserved_Specimen Henrickson, J.S. 3949 Maui BISH 1969-07-21
57 Festuca rubra Ulupalakua Ranch, near upper fireweed plot. In pasture. Ranch, mesic, pasture. Preserved_Specimen Naturalized Starr, F. 13070901 Maui BISH 2013-07-09
58 Festuca rubra Hanalei District, Kalalau Rim, Kalahu side, below & W of first Kalalau lookout Isolated hanging side-valley of lowland diverse mesic forest surrounded by precipitous cliffs. Assoc w/ Gouania, Peucedanum, Poa mannii, Hedyotis sp. nov., Lysimachia glutinosa, Melicope pallida, Nototrichium sp. nov., Dubautia sp. nov., Dryopteris, Metrosideros, Lipochaeta subcordata, Lobelia niihauensis, Lepidium, Nestegis, Hibiscus kokio, Eragrostis, Preserved_Specimen 30 cm tall grass, in flower. Wood, K.R. 1704 Kauai BISH 1992-03-13
59 Festuca rubra East Maui, Haleakala Ranch pasture, sub alpine shrubland Preserved_Specimen Bily, P. Maui BISH 2002-09-26
60 Festuca rubra east Maui, Makawao District, Pohakuokala Gulch, mauka of the highway. in gulch bottom. Vegetation: Subalpine Shrubland Preserved_Specimen Occasional grass growing in clumps; spikelets reddish. Oppenheimer, H.L. 51535 Maui BISH 2015-05-19
61 Festuca rubra Kula, S of Haleakala Crater Rd In gulch. Preserved_Specimen Hobdy, R.W. 1651 Maui BISH 1982-07-20
62 Festuca rubra Mauna Kea, about 3 km up the access road on right side past the grove of trees. Dry pasture type habitat dominated by invasive grass. Preserved_Specimen Common Faccenda, K. 3599 Hawaii BISH 2024-07-10
63 Festuca rubra Kamuela Planted pasture. Preserved_Specimen Perennial grass. Ewart III, G.R. 316 Hawaii BISH 1933-07-11
64 Festuca rubra Kilauea In pasture. Preserved_Specimen Hosaka, E.Y. 2518 Hawaii BISH 1940-05-11
65 Festuca rubra Kilauea Hawaii National Park Common along raodside, planted for cover in moist locations Preserved_Specimen Hosaka, E.Y. 3640 Hawaii BISH 1951-07-15
66 Festuca rubra Haleakala National Park, west boundary, along roadside along roadside Preserved_Specimen Gagné, B.H. 3055 Maui BISH 1991-04-17
67 Festuca rubra Keauhou Ranch, Kau District, on Puu oo Trail Growing on roadside in Pennisteum - Anthoxanthum - Sporobolus pasture. Preserved_Specimen Dry bunchgrass 1 1/2 to 2' tall. Cuddihy, L.W. 664 Hawaii BISH 1980-11-26
68 Festuca rubra Pu'u Ka'ala summit Roadside at summit Preserved_Specimen Colony covering at least 20 m square of disturbed roadside. Faccenda, K. 3099 Oahu BISH 2023-05-06
69 Festuca rubra NW outer slope of Haleakala, near entrance of Haleakala Nat'l Park. Above park horse barns In heath scrub, with Vaccinium reticulatum, Pteridium aquilinum, Coprosma, etc. Preserved_Specimen Henrickson, J.S. 3836 Maui BISH 1969-07-12
70 Festuca rubra East Maui, Makawao District, pastures North of Puu Nianiau Occasional with Pennisetum, Holcus and Anthoxanthum. Preserved_Specimen Oppenheimer, H.L. 50730 Maui BISH 2007-05-24
71 Festuca rubra Keauhou Ranch, Kau District, on Puu Oo Trail growing roadside in Pennisetum-Anthoxanthum-Sporobolus pasture. Preserved_Specimen Dry bunchgrass 1.5-2.0 ft tall Cuddihy, L.W. 664 Hawaii BISH 1980-11-26
72 Festuca rubra Haleakala National Park, between curb & Sliding Sands Trailhead Preserved_Specimen Gagné, B.H. 3085 Maui BISH 1991-05-13
73 Festuca rubra East Maui, HNP, near lower housing area, on old road to Silversword Inn Disturbed shrubland with hard packed soil. Associated vegetation: Pukiawe, pines, Eucalyptus. Preserved_Specimen Erect grass. Starr, F. 207022 Maui BISH 2002-07-02
74 Festuca rubra Kawaiiki, off Kaluahaulu ridge, S of Koaie, N of Waialae upper forest and drainage, mesic; Metrosideros, Acacia, Dubautia laevigata, Hedyotis terminalis, Cheirodendron trigynum, Dianella sandwicensis, Poa sandwicensis, Bidens cosmoides, Peperomia membranacea Preserved_Specimen grass, tufted, vigorous Wood, K.R. 13038 Kauai BISH 2008-05-22
75 Festuca rubra Honolulu, 42 Coelho Way, in shaded garden OBSERVATION Curtis Daehler Oahu HAPI 7/15/2007
76 Festuca rubra East Maui, Makawao District, pastures North of Puu Nianiau OBSERVATION Curtis Daehler Maui HAPI 3/19/2007
77 Festuca rubra East Maui, Makawao, Kula FR, Waiohui ahupuaa OBSERVATION Curtis Daehler Maui HAPI 3/25/2007
78 Festuca rubra East Maui, Haleakala Crater, Halemau trail switchbacks Preserved_Specimen Common name: red fescue; ravine fescue Welton, P. 1656 Maui BISH 1992-06-28
79 Festuca rubra Makawao, Kealahou Permanent pasture Preserved_Specimen Common, adapted to high pastures Hosaka, E.Y. 2677 Maui BISH 1944-05-12
80 Festuca rubra Haleakala Observatories, Puu Kolekoloe. Scattered around Science City Naturalized. Developed alpine desert (Argryoxiphium sandwicense, Dubautia menziesii, Erodium cicutarium). Preserved_Specimen Starr, F. 9050401 Maui BISH 2009-05-04
81 Festuca rubra East Maui, Haleakala Crater at Paliku Cabijn Preserved_Specimen Welton, P. 1925 Maui BISH 1997-05-27
82 Festuca rubra Haleakala Crater, Holua Flats. Preserved_Specimen Welton, P. 2311 Maui BISH 2011-05-18
83 Festuca rubra Haleakala National Park. Base of Halemau'u switch backs Preserved_Specimen Gagné, B.H. 3093 Maui BISH 1991-07-18
84 Festuca rubra Haleakala National Park, between curb & Sliding Sands Trailhead Preserved_Specimen Gagné, B.H. 3086 Maui BISH 1991-05-13
85 Festuca rubra East Maui, Haleakala Crater, Holua Flats below Halemauu switchbacks Preserved_Specimen Welton, P. 2311 Maui BISH 2001-05-18
86 Festuca rubra East Maui, Makawao District, Kalialinui, along unpaved road from Haleakala NP to Waikamoi Preserve. Northing: 2299310; Easting: 787756 Preserved_Specimen Oppenheimer, H.L. 71905 Maui BISH 2019-07-22
87 Festuca rubra Haleakala ranch, Olinda, Makawao Pasture, edge of Forest Reserve Preserved_Specimen Occasional Hosaka, E.Y. 1683 Maui BISH 1937-01-15
88 Festuca rubra Parker ranch Preserved_Specimen Westgate, J.M. Hawaii BISH 1919-06-18
89 Festuca rubra East Maui, Haleakala Summit Survey Preserved_Specimen Haus, B. Maui BISH 2000-05-11
90 Festuca rubra Plot# 157 - Division II. Haleakala Branch Station Preserved_Specimen Murphy, F.T. Maui BISH
91 Festuca rubra Puu Oo Ranch Preserved_Specimen Lyon, H.L. Hawaii BISH 1929-07-08
92 Festuca rubra East Maui, Polipoli, Waiakoa loop trail, near hunter check-in station Open pasture, Forest margin, puffy dry ash. Associated vegetation: Myrica faya. Acacia mearnsii, Eucalyptus. Preserved_Specimen Erect annual grass, tufted; 1m ht, 1-2mm wide; red stems and flowers. Starr, F. 208088 Maui BISH 2002-08-08
93 Festuca rubra E Maui, Makawao District, Pohakuokala Gulch, mauka of the highway Occasional in gulch bottom. Vegetation: Subalpine Shurbland Preserved_Specimen Grass growing in clumps; spikelets yellow Oppenheimer, H.L. 51534 Maui BISH 2015-05-19
94 Festuca rubra East Maui, Makawao, Kula FR, Waiohui ahupuaa recently burned subalpine shrubland Preserved_Specimen clumping grass; culms spreading to decumbent Oppenheimer, H.L. 60917 Maui BISH 2009-06-15
95 Festuca rubra E Maui, Makawao District, Alae, Kula FR, Waiakoa Trail Occasional along distrubed trail side and pig diggings. Vegetation: Disturbed Subalpine Shrubland dominated by Pinus spp. Amid Holcus, Dactylis, Deschampsia, Anthoxanthum, Cenchrus. Preserved_Specimen Clumping grass Oppenheimer, H.L. 61606 Maui BISH 2016-06-13
96 Festuca rubra East Maui, Kaonoulu Occasional in pasture. Preserved_Specimen Oppenheimer, H.L. 50704 Maui BISH 2007-05-03
97 Festuca rubra East Maui, Haleakala Crater National Park, Across rd from park headquarters In heath scrub. Preserved_Specimen Henrickson, J.S. 3949 Maui BISH 1969-07-21
98 Festuca rubra Ulupalakua Ranch, near upper fireweed plot. In pasture. Ranch, mesic, pasture. Preserved_Specimen Naturalized Starr, F. 13070901 Maui BISH 2013-07-09
99 Festuca rubra Hanalei District, Kalalau Rim, Kalahu side, below & W of first Kalalau lookout Isolated hanging side-valley of lowland diverse mesic forest surrounded by precipitous cliffs. Assoc w/ Gouania, Peucedanum, Poa mannii, Hedyotis sp. nov., Lysimachia glutinosa, Melicope pallida, Nototrichium sp. nov., Dubautia sp. nov., Dryopteris, Metrosideros, Lipochaeta subcordata, Lobelia niihauensis, Lepidium, Nestegis, Hibiscus kokio, Eragrostis, Preserved_Specimen 30 cm tall grass, in flower. Wood, K.R. 1704 Kauai BISH 1992-03-13
100 Festuca rubra East Maui, Haleakala Ranch pasture, sub alpine shrubland Preserved_Specimen Bily, P. Maui BISH 2002-09-26
101 Festuca rubra east Maui, Makawao District, Pohakuokala Gulch, mauka of the highway. in gulch bottom. Vegetation: Subalpine Shrubland Preserved_Specimen Occasional grass growing in clumps; spikelets reddish. Oppenheimer, H.L. 51535 Maui BISH 2015-05-19
102 Festuca rubra Kula, S of Haleakala Crater Rd In gulch. Preserved_Specimen Hobdy, R.W. 1651 Maui BISH 1982-07-20
103 Festuca rubra Mauna Kea, about 3 km up the access road on right side past the grove of trees. Dry pasture type habitat dominated by invasive grass. Preserved_Specimen Common Faccenda, K. 3599 Hawaii BISH 2024-07-10
104 Festuca rubra Kamuela Planted pasture. Preserved_Specimen Perennial grass. Ewart III, G.R. 316 Hawaii BISH 1933-07-11
105 Festuca rubra Kilauea In pasture. Preserved_Specimen Hosaka, E.Y. 2518 Hawaii BISH 1940-05-11
106 Festuca rubra Kilauea Hawaii National Park Common along raodside, planted for cover in moist locations Preserved_Specimen Hosaka, E.Y. 3640 Hawaii BISH 1951-07-15
107 Festuca rubra Haleakala National Park, west boundary, along roadside along roadside Preserved_Specimen Gagné, B.H. 3055 Maui BISH 1991-04-17
108 Festuca rubra Keauhou Ranch, Kau District, on Puu oo Trail Growing on roadside in Pennisteum - Anthoxanthum - Sporobolus pasture. Preserved_Specimen Dry bunchgrass 1 1/2 to 2' tall. Cuddihy, L.W. 664 Hawaii BISH 1980-11-26
109 Festuca rubra Pu'u Ka'ala summit Roadside at summit Preserved_Specimen Colony covering at least 20 m square of disturbed roadside. Faccenda, K. 3099 Oahu BISH 2023-05-06
110 Festuca rubra NW outer slope of Haleakala, near entrance of Haleakala Nat'l Park. Above park horse barns In heath scrub, with Vaccinium reticulatum, Pteridium aquilinum, Coprosma, etc. Preserved_Specimen Henrickson, J.S. 3836 Maui BISH 1969-07-12
111 Festuca rubra East Maui, Makawao District, pastures North of Puu Nianiau Occasional with Pennisetum, Holcus and Anthoxanthum. Preserved_Specimen Oppenheimer, H.L. 50730 Maui BISH 2007-05-24
112 Festuca rubra Keauhou Ranch, Kau District, on Puu Oo Trail growing roadside in Pennisetum-Anthoxanthum-Sporobolus pasture. Preserved_Specimen Dry bunchgrass 1.5-2.0 ft tall Cuddihy, L.W. 664 Hawaii BISH 1980-11-26
113 Festuca rubra Haleakala National Park, between curb & Sliding Sands Trailhead Preserved_Specimen Gagné, B.H. 3085 Maui BISH 1991-05-13
114 Festuca rubra East Maui, HNP, near lower housing area, on old road to Silversword Inn Disturbed shrubland with hard packed soil. Associated vegetation: Pukiawe, pines, Eucalyptus. Preserved_Specimen Erect grass. Starr, F. 207022 Maui BISH 2002-07-02
115 Festuca rubra Kawaiiki, off Kaluahaulu ridge, S of Koaie, N of Waialae upper forest and drainage, mesic; Metrosideros, Acacia, Dubautia laevigata, Hedyotis terminalis, Cheirodendron trigynum, Dianella sandwicensis, Poa sandwicensis, Bidens cosmoides, Peperomia membranacea Preserved_Specimen grass, tufted, vigorous Wood, K.R. 13038 Kauai BISH 2008-05-22
116 Festuca rubra Honolulu, 42 Coelho Way, in shaded garden OBSERVATION Curtis Daehler Oahu HAPI 7/15/2007
117 Festuca rubra East Maui, Makawao District, pastures North of Puu Nianiau OBSERVATION Curtis Daehler Maui HAPI 3/19/2007
118 Festuca rubra East Maui, Makawao, Kula FR, Waiohui ahupuaa OBSERVATION Curtis Daehler Maui HAPI 3/25/2007
119 Festuca rubra East Maui, Haleakala Crater, Halemau trail switchbacks Preserved_Specimen Common name: red fescue; ravine fescue Welton, P. 1656 Maui BISH 1992-06-28
120 Festuca rubra Makawao, Kealahou Permanent pasture Preserved_Specimen Common, adapted to high pastures Hosaka, E.Y. 2677 Maui BISH 1944-05-12
121 Festuca rubra Haleakala Observatories, Puu Kolekoloe. Scattered around Science City Naturalized. Developed alpine desert (Argryoxiphium sandwicense, Dubautia menziesii, Erodium cicutarium). Preserved_Specimen Starr, F. 9050401 Maui BISH 2009-05-04
122 Festuca rubra East Maui, Haleakala Crater at Paliku Cabijn Preserved_Specimen Welton, P. 1925 Maui BISH 1997-05-27
123 Festuca rubra Haleakala Crater, Holua Flats. Preserved_Specimen Welton, P. 2311 Maui BISH 2011-05-18