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Festuca myuros

L. (1753)

This name is accepted

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

6 weeks fescue, rat tail fescue, rattail fescue

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Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Annuals.

Stems: Culms solitary or several and loosely tufted, erect or ascending from a decumbent base, 1.5–5(–7) dm tall, lower nodes geniculate, glabrous.

Roots: Fibrous root system.

Leaves: Leaves simple. Alternate, distichous. Blades filiform or linear, involute. Upper surfaces scabrous; lower surfaces glabrous. Margins entire. Veins parallel. Sheaths glabrous; ligule erose–ciliate, 0.2–0.6 mm long, usually longer on the sides. Stipules absent.

Flowers: Flowers in panicles usually secund, narrow, (4–)5–18(–20) cm long, with ascending or appressed branches, the lower branches often widely spaced and enclosed in the upper sheath. Spikelets 3–5–(–8)–flowered; glumes thin, strongly unequal, glabrous, first glume sometimes scale-like, 0.3–1.5 mm long, 1 nerved, second glume lanceolate, 2.5–5.5 mm long, 1–3–nerved; lemmas linear-lanceolate, 4.5–7.5 mm long, scabrous to puberulent, ± long-ciliate toward apex, produced into awns 8–15(–17) mm long. Stamen 1. Ovary superior.

Fruit: Caryopsis dark brown; linear; strongly dorsiventrally compressed; ventrally convex; 3.5–4 mm long; coherent to the lemma and palea.

Ploidy: 2n = 14; 28; 42

Habitat: Naturalized and often common in pastures; grasslands; open sites in diverse mesic forest and dry; disturbed areas; especially on steep; rocky slopes or exposed hillsides.

Elevation Range: 580–2,590 m.

Historical Distribution

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Synonyms (49)

Avena muralis Salisb. (1796)
Bromus bohemicus F.W.Schmidt ex Mert. & W.D.J.Koch (1823)
Distomomischus myuros (L.) Dulac (1867)
Festuca bromoides var. pseudomyuros (Soy.-Will.) Brewer (1863)
Festuca commutata Steud. (1854)
Festuca linearis Gilib. (1792)
Festuca megalura Nutt. (1848)
Festuca myuros f. major Rohlena (1899)
Festuca myuros subsp. pseudomyuros (Soy.-Will.) Bonnier & Layens (1894)
Festuca myuros var. distans Pauquy (1831)
Festuca myuros var. exerens Peterm. (1846)
Festuca myuros var. exserens Peterm. (1846)
Festuca myuros var. hirsuta (Hack.) Asch. & Graebn. (1901)
Festuca myuros var. major Sebast. & Mauri (1818)
Festuca myuros var. pseudonardurus (Goiran) Asch. & Graebn. (1901)
Festuca myuros var. racemifera Peterm. (1846)
Festuca myuros var. subnuda Mutel (1837)
Festuca myuros var. willemetii Noulet (1837)
Festuca pseudomyuros Soy.-Will. (1826)
Festuca pseudomyuros var. reclinata (Dumort.) T.Durand (1878)
Festuca sciuroides var. pseudomyuros Hy (1884)
Festuca sciuroides var. tecta F.W.Schultz (1842)
Mygalurus caudatus Link (1821)
Vulpia alpina L.Liu (2002)
Vulpia bromoides var. rigida Nees (1841)
Vulpia ciliata St.-Lag. (1889)
Vulpia crinita Lojac. (1909)
Vulpia longivaginata St.-Lag. (1880)
Vulpia major (Rohlena) Á.Löve & D.Löve (1961)
Vulpia megalura (Nutt.) Rydb. (1909)
Vulpia murorum Gray (1822)
Vulpia myuros (L.) C.C.Gmel. (1805)
Vulpia myuros f. exserens (Peterm.) Soó (1972)
Vulpia myuros f. hirsuta (Hack.) C.H.Blom (1934)
Vulpia myuros f. megalura (Nutt.) Stace & R.Cotton (1976)
Vulpia myuros f. racemifera (Peterm.) Soó (1972)
Vulpia myuros subsp. megalura (Nutt.) Soják (1980)
Vulpia myuros subsp. pseudomyuros (Soy.-Will.) Maire & Weiller (1955)
Vulpia myuros var. deserti Mouterde (1966)
Vulpia myuros var. hirsuta Hack. (1880)
Vulpia myuros var. megalura (Nutt.) Auquier (1977)
Vulpia myuros var. myuros
Vulpia myuros var. pseudomyuros (Soy.-Will.) Fiori (1923)
Vulpia myuros var. subuniglumis Hack. (1880)
Vulpia pilosa C.C.Gmel. (1805)
Vulpia pseudomyuros (Soy.-Will.) Rchb. (1830)
Vulpia reclinata Dumort. (1873)
Vulpia vaginata St.-Lag. (1889)
Zerna myuros B.D.Jacks. (1895)

Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Naturalized

Island Status

Kuaihelani (Midway Atoll) Naturalized
Kaua'i Naturalized
O'ahu Naturalized
Molokai Naturalized
Lana'i Naturalized
Maui Naturalized
Hawai'i Naturalized

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Bibliography

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

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:1603 (Mi, K, O, Mo, L, M, H [as Vulpia myuros]); Starr & Starr 2011:32 (EM, high elev record); Wagner et al. 2012:101 (Syn. V. myuros = F. myuros); Starr & Starr 2008/Meagher s.n. BISH 119261 (Mi†, 1933)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Festuca myuros W Maui, Wailuku District, Waikapu, NHPS Hibiscus brackenridgei exclosure Inside exclosure. Associated vegetation: Sida fallax, Hibiscus brackenridgei. Preserved_Specimen Erect, annual grass <1dm ht. Starr, F. 102103 Maui BISH 2001-02-10
2 Festuca myuros Above Hookomo Hilltop, on rock. Preserved_Specimen Neal, M.C. 770 Hawaii BISH 1935-08-09
3 Festuca myuros Lahaina District, West Maui Natural Area Reserve Occasional on windswept peak overlooking Olowalu Valley, growing on cindery open substrate. Preserved_Specimen Vegitation: Metrosideros, Sadleria, Dicranopteris, Carex, Rynchospora, Vaccinium, Deschampsia, Luzula, Erigeron, Conyza, Tibouchina, Lycopodiella, Eragrostis. Oppenheimer, H.L. 41301 Maui BISH 2013-04-02
4 Festuca myuros Crater Rim Road ca. 15 meters towards Volcano Observatory from the short of road connecting Crater Rim Rd. & Kona-Hilo Hwy. (Plot 50) Scattered Metrosideros-native shrub-lichen community on ash-covered pahoehoe lava. Preserved_Specimen Grass ca. 0.5 ft tall. Newell, C.L. 461 Hawaii BISH 1966-08-19
5 Festuca myuros Mauna Loa Strip Rd. ca. 3 miles from Kona-Hilo Hwy. intersection & 0.25 mile before Kipuka Ki. (Plot 38) Metrosideros-native shrub-lichen community on a`a lava. Preserved_Specimen Grass ca. 1.5 ft tall. Newell, C.L. 294 Hawaii BISH 1966-08-04
6 Festuca myuros Halemanu near edge of Waimea Canyon along trail to Waipoo Falls On dry exposed ridge. Preserved_Specimen Pale green. Herbst, D.R. 2382 Kauai BISH 1972-04-10
7 Festuca myuros East Maui, upper Kula. Roadside grass in bare soil areas. Preserved_Specimen Hobdy, R.W. 4184 Maui BISH 2004-05-15
8 Festuca myuros North Hilo, Humuula Fairly wet pasture land. Preserved_Specimen Ewart III, G.R. 170 Hawaii BISH 1932-05-02
9 Festuca myuros Waianae Mts., Palikea, Mauna Kapu common along trail, but most dead this time of year. Preserved_Specimen Herbst, D.R. 172 Oahu BISH 1966-07-29
10 Festuca myuros West slope of Mauna Kea, Puu Laau Dry, in shade of mamani trees. Preserved_Specimen Ewart III, G.R. 213 Hawaii BISH 1932-05-29
11 Festuca myuros Honopue Gulch, Kohala Mts. in trail. Preserved_Specimen Bishop, L.E. 67040 Hawaii BISH 1970-06-13
12 Festuca myuros Crater Rim Road ca. 1.3 miles past Volcano Observatory towards Halemaumau Crater parking lot. (Plot 51) Metrosideros-native shrub-scattered lichen community on ash-covered pahoehoe lava. Preserved_Specimen Grass ca. 1 ft tall. Newell, C.L. 448 Hawaii BISH 1966-08-19
13 Festuca myuros Kaala roadside Preserved_Specimen Kawelo, K. 59 Oahu BISH 2007-05-22
14 Festuca myuros Mauna Loa Strip Rd. ca. 3 miles from Kona-Hilo Hwy. intersection & 0.25 mile before Kipuka Ki. (Plot 38) Metrosideros-native shrub-lichen community on a`a lava. Preserved_Specimen Grass ca. 1.5 ft tall. Newell, C.L. 294 Hawaii BISH 1966-08-04
15 Festuca myuros Mauna Loa Strip Rd. ca. 10.3 miles towards summit from Kona-Hilo Hwy. intersection. (Plot 26a) Montane Deschampsia grassland community (mountain parkland formation). Preserved_Specimen Grass ca. 3 ft tall. Newell, C.L. 23 Hawaii BISH 1966-07-06
16 Festuca myuros East Maui, Haleakala Crater, on trail 0.25 mile E of Holua Cabin On a`a lava. Locally common with Styphelia, Gnaphalium, Silene, Anthoxanthum, etc. Preserved_Specimen Henrickson, J.S. 3718 Maui BISH 1969-06-24
17 Festuca myuros Mauna o Ahi Ridge, near Koko Head Dry forest zone rock crevice plant. Locally common. Preserved_Specimen Egler, F.E. 3742 Oahu BISH 1937-06-20
18 Festuca myuros Mauna Kea Volcano, S slope: road from saddle (Humuula Sta to State Park cabins (Hale Pohaku) Tussock grassland (Deschampsia nubigena, Danthonia sp., Trisetum glomeratum & many spp. intro.) Sophora chrysophylla savanna, on porous basaltic sands & volcanic ash slopes. Preserved_Specimen Iltis, H.H. 181 Hawaii BISH 1967-06-23
19 Festuca myuros Waianae Dist.; Waianae Mts., upper Kalaukauilai Gulch, NW facing slope Pockets of remnant dryland forest of Diospyros sandwicensis, Osmanthus, with few alien species such as Passiflora, Leucaena & Eupatorium riparium; margin of forest in previously burned over area. Preserved_Specimen Wagner, W.L. 5608 Oahu BISH 1985-07-21
20 Festuca myuros Fire break above Schofield Barracks Preserved_Specimen Whitney, L.D. 4091 Oahu BISH 1936-03-23
21 Festuca myuros Hamakua, Waimea, upper Paauhau Preserved_Specimen Common, forming tufts 1-2 ft. tall. Hosaka, E.Y. 2200 Hawaii BISH 1938-06-03
22 Festuca myuros Pahole NAR. Along Mākua rim in restoration site. Northern Waianae mountains. Growing in mesic forest dominated by Psidium cattleianum and Schinus terebinthifolius. Also growing with Eragrostis grandis, Kadua affinis, Metrosideros polymorpha, Microlepia setosa, Odontosoria chinensis, and Carex wahuensis. Preserved_Specimen Thomas, M.K. 646 Oahu BISH 2024-04-20
23 Festuca myuros Hawaii Volcanos National Park, Kipuka Nene, across road from picnic area. semi-arid, shaded Preserved_Specimen Herbst, D.R. 390 Hawaii BISH 1967-03-28
24 Festuca myuros Mauna Kea; Humuula Trail, above Humuula Edge of rough lava. Preserved_Specimen Neal, M.C. 776 Hawaii BISH 1935-08-09
25 Festuca myuros Waianae Range. Ridge crest; 2/3 of way from Palikea to Polakea Pass Open dry exposed ridge top. Preserved_Specimen Obata, J.K. Oahu BISH 1987-04-07
26 Festuca myuros Ahumoa [puu western flank of Mauna Kea] along road to top of puu. Assoc'd w/ no. 5322 [Gnaphalium sandwicensium var. kilaueanum] and #5340 [Wallenbergia]; along exposed, dry side of jeep road Preserved_Specimen Herbst, D.R. 5342 Hawaii BISH 1975-05-21
27 Festuca myuros Paauhau, Moa Preserved_Specimen (Not on sheet) 3469 Hawaii BISH
28 Festuca myuros Kokee State Park, along Highway 550 near NASA Tracking Station Preserved_Specimen Flynn, T.W. 833 Kauai BISH 1984-04-25
29 Festuca myuros Summit of Haulalai Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 205 Hawaii BISH 1911-06-19
30 Festuca myuros Hawaii Preserved_Specimen Whitney, L.D. 4471 Hawaii BISH 1936-01-01
31 Festuca myuros East Maui, Nuu, Waiopai Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 1857 Maui BISH 1920-03-06
32 Festuca myuros Waianae Range, Palehua Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 1686 Oahu BISH 1911-04-01
33 Festuca myuros Summit of Haulalai Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 211 Hawaii BISH 1911-06-19
34 Festuca myuros East Maui, Nuu, Waiopai Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 1857 Maui BISH 1920-03-06
35 Festuca myuros near shelter at end of Mauna Loa scenic strip road Preserved_Specimen Herat, T. 633 Hawaii BISH 1974-06-19
36 Festuca myuros Top of cliff near Nanakuli Preserved_Specimen Whitney, L.D. 4055 Oahu BISH 1936-02-16
37 Festuca myuros Nuuanu Pali, along cliff Preserved_Specimen Hitchcock, A.S. 13779 Oahu BISH 1916-06-17
38 Festuca myuros Puu Laau, near the hunter's cabin Preserved_Specimen Herbst, D.R. 5215 Hawaii BISH 1975-01-18
39 Festuca myuros Near Devils throat Preserved_Specimen Whitney, L.D. 4118 Hawaii BISH 1936-04-03
40 Festuca myuros Near South Point Preserved_Specimen Whitney, L.D. 4100 Hawaii BISH 1936-04-02
41 Festuca myuros Fire break above Schofield Barracks Preserved_Specimen Whitney, L.D. 4091 Oahu BISH 1936-03-23
42 Festuca myuros Haleakala National Park, W. Kaupo Gap, above exclosure Preserved_Specimen Gagné, B.H. 3065 Maui BISH 1991-04-29
43 Festuca myuros Haleakala National Park, W. Kaupo Gap, above exclosure Preserved_Specimen Gagné, B.H. 3069 Maui BISH 1991-04-29
44 Festuca myuros Makawao Preserved_Specimen Von Tempsky, L. 7 Maui BISH 1903-03-01
45 Festuca myuros 1.5 miles down Hilina Pali Switchback Trail from end of Hilina Pali Rd. (Plot 46a) Very open Metrosideros-Diospyros forest on a`a lava. Preserved_Specimen Grass ca. 1 ft tall. Newell, C.L. 273 Hawaii BISH 1966-08-02
46 Festuca myuros Hawaii Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. Hawaii BISH
47 Festuca myuros Halemanu Preserved_Specimen Neal, M.C. Kauai BISH 1929-04-30
48 Festuca myuros Palikea Preserved_Specimen Pearsall, G.A. Oahu BISH 1954-06-11
49 Festuca myuros East Maui, Haleakala Crater in the Paliku Cabin Area Preserved_Specimen Welton, P. Maui BISH 1991-05-21
50 Festuca myuros [Hawaiian Islands; U.S.A.; Molokai; Hawaii; Maui Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. Molokai BISH
51 Festuca myuros W Maui, Hanaulaiki Preserved_Specimen Hobdy, R.W. 2390 Maui BISH 1985-05-01
52 Festuca myuros Summit of Haulalai Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 205 Hawaii BISH 1911-06-19
53 Festuca myuros Haleakala National Park, House of the Sun Visitor center Preserved_Specimen Gagné, B.H. 3088 Maui BISH 1991-05-13
54 Festuca myuros Waianae District; Waianae Mountains. Mt. Kaala, within 100 yard radius of the radar installation Preserved_Specimen Herbst, D.R. 125 Oahu BISH 1966-06-11
55 Festuca myuros Waianae Range; Waianae Mts., E ridge of Haleanau Gulch, Schofield barracks Military Reservation west range In burn area; with Acacia koa, Buddleja & Phytolacca. Preserved_Specimen Higashino, P.K. 5615 Oahu BISH 1977-02-27
56 Festuca myuros Near Nanakuli Top of cliffs Preserved_Specimen Whitney, L.D. 4055 Oahu BISH 1936-02-16
57 Festuca myuros 1.5 miles down Hilina Pali Switchback Trail from end of Hilina Pali Rd. (Plot 46a) Very open Metrosideros-Diospyros forest on a`a lava. Preserved_Specimen Grass ca. 1 ft tall. Newell, C.L. 433 Hawaii BISH 1966-08-18
58 Festuca myuros ca. 200 meters down Hilina Pali Rd. from intersection with Chain of Craters Rd. (Plot 1) Metrosideros-native shrub-Andropogon community. Preserved_Specimen Grass ca. 1 ft tall. Newell, C.L. 423 Hawaii BISH 1966-08-15
59 Festuca myuros 0.7 miles down Hilina Pali Switchback Trail from end of Hilina Pali Rd. (Plot 46b) Dwarf shrub & grass community in fine ash pockets. Preserved_Specimen Grass ca. 0.5 ft tall. Newell, C.L. 772 Hawaii BISH 1966-09-03
60 Festuca myuros Mount Tantalus summit Open grassland. Preserved_Specimen Hitchcock, A.S. 13868 Oahu BISH 1916-06-24
61 Festuca myuros East Maui, Hana District, Kipahulu Forest Reserve, Healani Stream area Vegetation: Holcus, Melinis, Sacciolepis & Acacia. Preserved_Specimen Higashino, P.K. 1839 Maui BISH 1976-06-14
62 Festuca myuros Nuuanu Pali Near road Preserved_Specimen Whitney, L.D. 4202 Oahu BISH 1936-06-10
63 Festuca myuros ca. 0.5 miles up Mauna Loa summit trail from end of Mauna Loa Strip Rd. (Plot 17) Subalpine Metrosideros-Sophora-native shrub community. Preserved_Specimen Grass ca. 8 tall. Newell, C.L. 69 Hawaii BISH 1966-07-18
64 Festuca myuros Kipuka Nene, across road from picnic shelter In dry shaded area; associated with Metrosideros, Andropogon virginicus, A. glomerata, Bromus rubens, Scaevola kilaueae. Preserved_Specimen Herbst, D.R. 265 Hawaii BISH 1966-08-15
65 Festuca myuros Makua Keeau, Keeau Middle Ridge Trail Exposed, sunny, dry and rocky soil Preserved_Specimen Frequent along trail in sunny areas Faccenda, K. 1949 Oahu BISH 2021-05-31
66 Festuca myuros Mt. Kaala Natural Area Reserve Halfway across the boardwalk, on side of boardwalk. Forest of ohia, olapa, lapalapa, pukiawe, ohelo, uki. Preserved_Specimen Single clump 1-2 ft tall. Fruits with long hairlike extensions like Ehrharta. Not noted before, and only this clump spotted. Gagné, B.H. Oahu BISH 2006-08-05
67 Festuca myuros Ewa District; Waianae Mountains, Palikea (Mauna Kapu Trail, near beginning of trail (300-400 yards from the radar installation) Common on dry exposed hillside; assoc.with Metrosideros, Eucalyptus, Eragrostis grandis. Preserved_Specimen An endemic perennial. Herbst, D.R. 35 Oahu BISH 1966-03-26
68 Festuca myuros Kaohai, Kapua On grassy slope. Preserved_Specimen Hosaka, E.Y. 1978 Lanai BISH 1938-04-15
69 Festuca myuros Moloka'i forest reserve road about 8 km up the road Roadside in moist, partly shady area Preserved_Specimen Rare, only one small clump encountered, likely due to the fact that the road was too shady for this to grow along it Faccenda, K. 2937 Molokai BISH 2022-12-28
70 Festuca myuros Haleakala Observatories, Puu Kolekoloe. Science City Naturalized. Developed alpine desert (Argryoxiphium sandwicense, Dubautia menziesii, Erodium cicutarium). Preserved_Specimen Scattered patches. Starr, F. 9050404 Maui BISH 2009-05-04
71 Festuca myuros some distance up from the shelter at end of Mauna Loa scenic strip road In open rocky area Preserved_Specimen Ca. 30 cm high. Herat, T. 643 Hawaii BISH 1974-06-19
72 Festuca myuros SW of the western most reservoir above Lahaina Growing on the S rim of a cindercone. Preserved_Specimen Whistler, W.A. Maui BISH 2008-02-14
73 Festuca myuros Kukaiau Ranch In pasture. Preserved_Specimen Plant 1/3 m tall. Lee, H.A. 181 Hawaii BISH 1926-03-01
74 Festuca myuros Ewa District; Waianae Mountains, Palikea (Mauna Kapu Trail, near beginning of trail) Associated with koa, ironwood. Preserved_Specimen Herbst, D.R. 38 Oahu BISH 1966-03-26
75 Festuca myuros Hilina Pali Trail Steep, arid, grassy, badly disturbed, sea-facing basalt cliffs and scree-slopes of volcanic ash and boulders, with rare trees of Metrosideros collina. Preserved_Specimen Iltis, H.H. 124 Hawaii BISH 1967-06-22
76 Festuca myuros Waianae Range; Kolekole Pass Open hillside. Preserved_Specimen Plant height 1/8 m. Lee, H.A. 296 Oahu BISH 1926-05-31
77 Festuca myuros Waianae Mountains; Waianaeuka. Kaala Trail above Schofield, between Kolekole Pass & Puu Kalena In cleared firebreak. Preserved_Specimen Fosberg, F.R. 12971 Oahu BISH 1936-03-08
78 Festuca myuros Waianae Mountains; Kealia, zig-zag trail up cliff Steep rocky slope. Preserved_Specimen Fosberg, F.R. 12855 Oahu BISH 1936-02-02
79 Festuca myuros Mauna Loa Strip Road On `a`a lava in open Metrosideros 10-15 m tall, native shrub. Preserved_Specimen Higashino, P.K. 10020 Hawaii BISH 1983-05-05
80 Festuca myuros Saddle Road, about 26 miles from Hilo Dry, open grass area with a few Acacia koa, Sophora, and Coprosma ernodioides. Preserved_Specimen Herbst, D.R. 402 Hawaii BISH 1967-03-29
81 Festuca myuros ca. 200 meters west of rain shelter on Hilina Pali Rd. (Plot 2). In grass- land just west pf pahoehoe lava flow Andropogon glomeratus grassland community on ash-covered pahoehoe lava. Preserved_Specimen Grass ca. 1.5 ft tall. Newell, C.L. 276 Hawaii BISH 1966-08-03
82 Festuca myuros Ulupalakua Growing nicely in pasture; common. Preserved_Specimen Hosaka, E.Y. 1768 Maui BISH 1937-04-08
83 Festuca myuros Kukaiau, Hamakua In pasture under koa trees Preserved_Specimen Doing well Hosaka, E.Y. 1541 Hawaii BISH 1936-08-27
84 Festuca myuros Waianae Mountains; Kealia, zig-zag trail up cliff Steep rocky slope. Preserved_Specimen Fosberg, F.R. 12855 Oahu BISH 1936-02-02
85 Festuca myuros Mount Tantalus summit Open grassland. Preserved_Specimen Hitchcock, A.S. 13868 Oahu BISH 1916-06-24
86 Festuca myuros West Maui, Wailuku District, ridge NE of Pohakea Gulch Occasional in degraded, open area. Uncommon in degraded forest formerly grazed. Preserved_Specimen Oppenheimer, H.L. 120511 Maui BISH 2005-12-20
87 Festuca myuros Kilauea, Hawaii National Park In open place Preserved_Specimen Hosaka, E.Y. 1408 Hawaii BISH 1936-07-03
88 Festuca myuros Hawaii National Park; Moana Loa truck trail In corral. Preserved_Specimen Fagerlund, G.O. 437 Hawaii BISH 1943-03-03
89 Festuca myuros Waianae Mountains; Honouliuli, Pouilihale Ridge Semi-moist wooded ridge. Preserved_Specimen Fosberg, F.R. 13784 Oahu BISH 1937-05-02
90 Festuca myuros ca. 1 mile up Mauna Loa summit trail. (Plot 16) Subalpine Metrosideros-shrub community on a`a lava. Preserved_Specimen Grass about 1 foot tall Newell, C.L. 211 Hawaii BISH 1966-07-29
91 Festuca myuros Waimea Canyon Drive, ca. 3.3 miles from Waimea Common on edge of Waimea Canyon, north exposure on 75 degree slope dominated by Leucaena. Preserved_Specimen Flynn, T.W. 996 Kauai BISH 1985-02-07
92 Festuca myuros Waianae Range; top of Mt. Kaala, crest just SE of radar towers/swampy woods west of radar t.& rd Weed of roadside & disturbed areas. Dripping-wet, locally swampy moss- & fern-covered cloud forest of gnarled 3-5 m Metrosideros collina, Cheirodendron platyphyllum, Broussaisia arguta, Cibotium spp., Coprosma & Styphelia. Preserved_Specimen van Royen, P. 418 Oahu BISH 1967-08-02
93 Festuca myuros East Maui, Haleakala Crater, Ca. 1 mile E of Holua Cabin Common on crater floor on a`a lava & cinders. Preserved_Specimen Henrickson, J.S. 3938 Maui BISH 1969-07-20
94 Festuca myuros Ewa District; Waianae Mountains, Palikea (Mauna Kapu Trail) Small clumps growing on path; assoc. with false staghorn, Metrosideros. Preserved_Specimen Herbst, D.R. 42 Oahu BISH 1966-03-26
95 Festuca myuros Hawaii Volcanos National Park, Bird Park (Kipuka Puaulu), picnic grounds, near shelter Preserved_Specimen Herbst, D.R. 386 Hawaii BISH 1967-03-28
96 Festuca myuros Mauna Loa Strip Rd. ca. 3 miles from Kona-Hilo Hwy. intersection & 0.25 mile before Kipuka Ki. (Plot 38) Metrosideros-native shrub-lichen community on a`a lava. Preserved_Specimen Grass ca. 1.5 ft tall. Newell, C.L. 294 Hawaii BISH 1966-08-04
97 Festuca myuros Mauna Loa Strip Rd. ca. 10.3 miles towards summit from Kona-Hilo Hwy. intersection. (Plot 26a) Montane Deschampsia grassland community (mountain parkland formation). Preserved_Specimen Grass ca. 3 ft tall. Newell, C.L. 22 Hawaii BISH 1966-07-06
98 Festuca myuros North Hilo; Humuula Not uncommon along roadways in company with Epilobium and Polygonum capitatum. Preserved_Specimen Nagata, K.M. 4213 Hawaii BISH 1991-07-07
99 Festuca myuros Hawaii National Park; Nama Kane Paio Frequent in Koa-shrub Kipuka Preserved_Specimen Fagerlund, G.O. 610 Hawaii BISH 1943-06-03
100 Festuca myuros South Kohala, Waimea, Puu Holoholoku paddock Common in pasture where the soil is shallow on knolls. Preserved_Specimen Common, forming tufts 1-2 ft. tall. Hosaka, E.Y. 2111 Hawaii BISH 1938-05-26
101 Festuca myuros Ulupalakua, Makawao Pasture Preserved_Specimen Common Hosaka, E.Y. 1786 Maui BISH 1937-04-08
102 Festuca myuros Near S Point Windswept pasture. Preserved_Specimen Whitney, L.D. 4100 Hawaii BISH 1936-04-02
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