Index / Search / Festuca saximontana var. saximontana
§1 Plant
Festuca saximontana Rydb. var. saximontana
vernacular Rocky Mountain fescue — variety · Poaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Poaceae Barnhart
- Genus
- Festuca
Native status, by region
- AK Alaska Native
- CAN Canada Native
- GL Greenland Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
County-level range
· 149 counties across 15 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 149 counties across 15 states/territories.
Colorado view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Idaho view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 43 N ▾
- Alger 26003
- Alpena 26007
- Arenac 26011
- Bay 26017
- Benzie 26019
- Berrien 26021
- Cass 26027
- Charlevoix 26029
- Cheboygan 26031
- Chippewa 26033
- Clinton 26037
- Crawford 26039
- Delta 26041
- Emmet 26047
- Genesee 26049
- Gogebic 26053
- Grand Traverse 26055
- Houghton 26061
- Huron 26063
- Ingham 26065
- Iosco 26069
- Kent 26081
- Keweenaw 26083
- Lake 26085
- Livingston 26093
- Mackinac 26097
- Macomb 26099
- Marquette 26103
- Mason 26105
- Mecosta 26107
- Monroe 26115
- Montcalm 26117
- Muskegon 26121
- Newaygo 26123
- Oceana 26127
- Oscoda 26135
- Presque Isle 26141
- Sanilac 26151
- Schoolcraft 26153
- St. Clair 26147
- Van Buren 26159
- Washtenaw 26161
- Wayne 26163
Minnesota view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Montana view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Nebraska view state ↗ 7 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 6 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 1 N ▾
North Dakota view state ↗ 15 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 21 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/FESAS ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/4270593 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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