Fr: fétuque des Rocheuses
Provincial Status: LN
Range: Mainly boreal-alpine wNA, disj. in Great Lakes region, eNA; disj. in w/neNfld., n/seLab.; calc.
[=Festuca brachyphylla Schult. ex Schult. & Schult.f. subsp. saximontana (Rydb.) Hultén]
[=Festuca brachyphylla Schult. ex Schult. & Schult.f var. rydbergii (St-Yves) Cronquist]
[=Festuca canadensis E.B.Alexeev]
[=Festuca ovina L. subsp. saximontana (Rydb.) St-Yves]
[=Festuca ovina L. var. rydbergii St-Yves, nom. illeg.]
[=Festuca ovina L. var. saximontana (Rydb.) Gleason]
[=Festuca saximontana Rydb. subsp. saximontana]
[In Nfld., Festuca saximontana is found in dry limestone habitats of w/nwNfld. and the Twillingate area (Bouchard et al., 1991). In Labrador, Festuca saximontana is reported from only one northern location: W of Hebron, near the Que. border (Aiken & Darbyshire 1990; map p. 91), and from one southern location (MT), collected by the NFRPP in 1999 at L’Anse-au-Clair, seLab.]