Festuca bromoides

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Family:	POACEAE
Species:	Festuca bromoides L.
Common Name:	Brome Fescue; European Squirrel Tail Fescue
Habitat:	**
Associated Ecological Communities:	**
Growth Habit:	Herb
Duration:	Annual
Category:	Vascular
USDA Symbol:	VUBR
Plant Notes:	**
Taxonomic Notes:	**
Status:	Not Native
References:	**
Specimen:	View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

** Not applicable or data not available.

Classification

Family	POACEAE - Grass family
Genus	Festuca
Species	Festuca bromoides L. - Brome Fescue; European Squirrel Tail Fescue

Citation

Citation	Festuca bromoides Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1: 75. 1753.
Basionym:	**
Type:	Without data, van Royen s.n. (lectotype: L). Lectotypified by Stace & C.E. Jarvis, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 91: 436. 1985.

** Not applicable or data not available.

Synonyms

Synonym	Full Citation	Basionym	Type
Bromus ambiguus	Bromus ambiguus Cirillo, Pl. Rar. Neapol. 1: x. t. 2. 1788.		ITALY
Bromus dertonensis	Bromus dertonensis Allioni, Fl. Pedem. 2: 249. 1785.		ITALY
Distomischus sciuroides	Distomischus sciuroides (Roth) Dulac, Fl. Hautes-Pyrenees 91. 1867.	Festuca sciuroides Roth 1787.
Festuca dertonensis	Festuca dertonensis (Allioni) Ascherson & Graebner, Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 2: 558. 1900.	Bromus dertonensis Allioni 1785.
Festuca dertonensis var. sciuroides	Festuca dertonensis (Allioni) Ascherson & Graebner, var. sciuroides (Roth) Briquet, Prodr. Fl. Corse 1: 161. 1910.	Festuca sciuroides Roth 1787.
Festuca geniculata var. monandra	Festuca geniculata (Linnaeus) Lagasca y Segura & Rodríguez, var. monandra Döll, in Martius, Fl. Bras. 2(3): 113. 1878.		ARGENTINA
Festuca myuros subsp. sciuroides	Festuca myuros Linnaeus, subsp. sciuroides (Roth) Rouy, Fl. France 14: 256. 1913.	Festuca sciuroides Roth 1787.
Festuca myuros var. bromoides	Festuca myuros Linnaeus, var. bromoides (Linnaeus) Wimmer & Grabowski, Fl. Siles. 1: 83. 1827.	Festuca bromoides Linnaeus 1753.
Festuca myuros var. sciuroides	Festuca myuros Linnaeus, var. sciuroides (Roth) Cosson & Durieu de Maisonnueve, in Durieu de Maisonnueve, Expl. Sci. Algérie 2: 174. 1855.	Festuca sciuroides Roth 1787.
Festuca sciuroides	Festuca sciuroides Roth, Bot. Abh. Beobacht. 43. 1787.
Festuca willemetii	Festuca willemetii Savi, Cose Bot. 53. 1832, nom. illegit.	Festuca bromoides Linnaeus 1753.
Mygalurus bromoides	Mygalurus bromoides (Linnaeus) Link, Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 1: 92. 1821.	Festuca bromoides Linnaeus 1753.
Vulpia bromoides var. sciuroides	Vulpia bromoides (Linnaeus) Gray, var. sciuroides (Roth) Gray, Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 124. 1821.	Festuca sciuroides Roth 1787.
Vulpia dertonensis	Vulpia dertonensis (Allioni) Gola, Malpighia 18: 226. 1904.	Bromus dertonensis Allioni 1785.
Vulpia exserta	Vulpia exserta Saint-Lager, in Cariot, Etude Fl., ed. 8. 2: 938. 1889, nom. illegit.	Festuca sciuroides Roth 1787.
Vulpia myuros var. bromoides	Vulpia myuros (Linnaeus) C. C. Gmelin, var. bromoides (Linnaeus) Parlatore, Fl. Ital. 1: 419. 1850.	Festuca bromoides Linnaeus 1753.
Vulpia myuros var. sciuroides	Vulpia myuros (Linnaeus) C. C. Gmelin, var. sciuroides (Roth) Pérez Lara, Anales Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 15: 411. 1886.	Festuca sciuroides Roth 1787.
Vulpia sciuroides	Vulpia sciuroides (Roth) C. C. Gmelin, Fl. Bad. 1: 9. 1805, comb. not made; 4: 66. 1826 (suppl.?).	Festuca sciuroides Roth 1787.
Vulpia bromoides	Vulpia bromoides (L.) A. Gray, Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 124. 1821.		Without data, van Royen s.n. (lectotype: L). Lectotypified by Stace & Jarvis, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 91: 436. 1985.

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Autauga, Butler, Henry, Lee, Madison

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AUA, JSU, TROY, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: -

Barcode / Accession No.	County	Coll. Date	Collector & Collection No.	Herbarium & Herbarium Name Used
TROY000045244	Autauga	18 Apr 2017	Parker, Matthew R. 654	TROY Festuca bromoides Linnaeus
AUA000019873	Lee	20 Apr 1960	Banks, Donald J. 25	AUA Vulpia Bromoides (L.) S. F. Gray
ALNHS00006384	Lee	21 May 2019	Barger, T. Wayne SP#4405	ALNHS Vulpia bromoides (L.) S.F. Gray
TROY000012907	Henry	13 Apr 2008	Diamond, Alvin R. 18954	TROY Vulpia bromoides (Linnaeus) S.F. Gray
JSU105593	Madison	11 May 1996	Spaulding, Daniel D. 8427	JSU Vulpia bromoides (Linnaeus) S.F. Gray
ALNHS00006385	Lee	22 May 2019	Barger, T. Wayne SP#4424	ALNHS Vulpia bromoides (L.) S.F. Gray
TROY000026941	Butler	24 Apr 2008	Diamond, Alvin R. 19026	TROY Vulpia bromoides (Linnaeus) S.F. Gray
UWAL0046631	Autauga	18 Apr 2017	Parker, Matthew R. 654	UWAL Festuca bromoides Linnaeus

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For more information, contact: Brian R. Keener, Ph.D.

Data last modified: 10/10/2024

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Citation Information:

Keener, B.R., A.R. Diamond, T.W. Barger, L.J. Davenport, P.G. Davison, S.L. Ginzbarg, C.J. Hansen, D.D. Spaulding, J.K. Triplett, and M. Woods. 2024. Alabama Plant Atlas. [S.M. Landry and K.N. Campbell (original application development), Florida Center for Community Design and Research. University of South Florida]. University of West Alabama, Livingston, Alabama.

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