Our variety is F. idahoensis var. idahoensis , the only variety 

 that reaches the Great Plains. 



B. Present legal or other formal status 



1. Federal 



A. U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service: none 



B. U.S. Forest Service: 



none 



C. Bureau of Land Management: none 



2. State: In South Dakota, the state rank is "SU" (status 

 undetermined) based on a single record, without voucher 

 specimen documentation. 



Geographical distribution 



1. Species range: British 

 Columbia to Alberta, Colorado 

 and California. 



2. South Dakota distribution: 

 This species is present in the 

 Black Hills, but there is 

 evidence that it has been 

 seeded there (Ode pers. 

 commun.). The only record for 

 this species growing in the 

 wild in South Dakota is the 

 Harding County record from the 

 study area, which had not been 

 documented by a voucher. The 

 authors did not revisit the 

 isolated butte summit where it 

 was reported but did find 

 Festuca ovina in similar Cave 

 Hills habitat; there is a 

 remote possibility that the 



plant in this record was misidentif ied. Species status is 

 unresolved until such time as collections of fescues are made 

 on the isolated butte in the Davis Draw area of the North Cave 

 Hills. 



3. Occurrence in the study area: Reported from the North 

 Cave Hills. It was not found in the Montana units of the 

 District, though it is known elsewhere throughout most of 

 Montana. 



(From Great Plains Flora 

 Association 1977) 



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