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1. Festuca octoflora Walt., Fl. Carol. 81. 1788. 



Throughout the State, usually at low altitudes, sterile rocky open 

 ground, spring flowering. Southern Canada, throughout the United 

 States, and Baja California. 



A form with densely pubescent or hirtellous lemmas is var. hirtella 

 Piper. 



2. Festuca megalura Nutt., Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. Jour. ser. 2, 1: 



188. 1848. 

 Fort Huachuca (Cochise County), open ground at low or medium 

 altitudes, spring flowering. British Columbia and Idaho south to 

 Arizona and Baja California; Pacific slope of South America. 



3. Festuca pacifica Piper, Contrib. U. S. Natl. Herbarium 10: 12. 



1906. 

 Yavapai, Pinal, Maricopa, and Pima Counties, open ground and 

 open woods at low altitudes, spring and early summer. British 

 Columbia and Montana, south to New Mexico, Arizona, and Baja 

 California. 



4. Festuca reflexa Buckl., Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. Proc. 1862: 98. 



1862. 

 Jerome Junction, Yavapai County (Tidestrom 933), dry or rocky 

 slopes, April to May. Washington and Utah, south to Arizona and 

 southern California. 



5. Festuca grayi (Abrams) Piper, Contrib. U. S. Natl. Herbarium 



10: 14. 1906. 



Festuca microstachys var. grayi Abrams, Fl. Los Angeles 52. 

 1904. 



Gila, Maricopa, and Pima Counties, dry open ground and rocky 

 slopes, usually spring and early summer. Washington to southern 

 California and Arizona. 



6. Festuca eastwoodae Piper, Contrib. U. S. Natl. Herbarium 10: 



16. 1906. 

 Pinal and Pima Counties, open wooded slopes, usually April to 

 May. Oregon, California, and Arizona, infrequent. 



71 Festuca sororia Piper, Contrib. U. S. Natl. Herbarium 16: 197. 

 1913. 



Graham and Pima Counties, 7,500 to 9,500 feet, open woods, August 

 to September, type from the Rincon Mountains (Nealley 177). Colo- 

 rado, Utah, New Mexico, and Arizona. 



This is the only species of Festuca in Arizona with broad, flat blades. 



8. Festuca elatior L., Sp. PL 75. 1753. 



Lakeside, Navajo County (Harrison 5511), meadows and waste 

 places. Introduced in the cooler regions of North America; native 

 of Eurasia. 



9. Festuca thurberi Vasey in Rothr., Cat. PL U. S, Geogr. and Geol. 



Survey West 100th Merid. 56. 1874. 



Pinaleno Mountains, Graham County, 9,000 feet (Shreve 4334). 

 Dry slopes and rocky hills, Wyoming to New Mexico and Arizona. 



