Fr: fétuque de Richardson
IU: ivitsukak
Provincial Status: LN
Range: Arctic-alpine NA; S to w/nLab., w/nw/neNfld.
[=Festuca rubra L. forma arctica Hack. (basionym)]
[=Festuca cryophila V.I. Krecz. & Bobrov]
[=Festuca richardsonii Hook.]
[=Festuca rubra L. subsp. arctica (Hack.) Govor.]
[=Festuca rubra L. subsp. cryophila (V.I.Krecz. & Bobrov) Hultén]
[=Festuca rubra L. subsp. richardsonii (Hook.) Hultén]
[=Festuca rubra L. var. alaica Drobow]
[=Festuca rubra L. var. glabrata Hultén]
[=Festuca rubra L. var. mutica Hartm.]
[Aiken & Darbyshire (1990) and Aiken et al. (1996+, map) report three Labrador locations for Festuca rubra subsp. richardsonii; this taxon was recently reported from Terra Nova NP, neNfld. (Brouillet et al., 1997). Aiken et al. (1987, 1996+) consider Festuca prolifera var. lasiolepis to be more closely related to Festuca rubra subsp. richardsonii than to Festuca prolifera.]