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Taxon: Festuca arundinacea (Schreb.) Darbysh.
Family: Poaceae

Collector: Nee, M.   3124   

Date: 1970-07-22

Verbatim Date: 1970-07-22

Locality: United States, Wisconsin, Waukesha, Along bank of right of way of I-94 [Interstate-94], 0.5 mi W of Milwaukee Co Line. Along I-94 from Madison to Milwaukee

Verbatim Coordinates: T07N R20E sec36 SW4NW4;

Habitat: Along bank of right of way of highway. Nearly a solid stand of this grass planted along Interstate. Sheet 1 of 2. [Sheet 1 is v0229605WIS, sheet 2 is v0229612WIS]. The Hwy Dept. is planting the following combinations of grasses on roadsides such as I-94 from Madison to Milwaukee. 65% Kentucky 31 Fescue, 10% Kentucky Bluegrass #21, 15 % Creeping red Fescue, 5% Redtop, & 5% Perennial Rygrass. The Kentucky 31 Fescue is apparently an ecotype developed in Kentucky which has been found to be valuable for forming a thick cover and is very salt tolerable. It is Festuca arundinaceae Schreb., introduced from Europe. Informantion from State Highway Commission, Hill Farm State Office Building, Madison, Wisc. - M. Nee 23 July 1970]

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Record Id: 9f8ff87a-3232-461b-880d-6f8231be0193

Occurrence ID (GUID): 23f1b9b2-9f5e-4776-94f0-564185e98648

For additional information on this occurrence, please contact: Mary Ann Feist (mfeist@wisc.edu)

University of Wisconsin - Madison (WIS:VP)