Festuca frederikseniae
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| Festuca frederikseniae | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Pooideae |
| Genus: | Festuca |
| Species: | F. frederikseniae |
| Binomial name | |
| Festuca frederikseniae E.B.Alexeev | |
| Synonyms[1][2] | |
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Festuca frederikseniae, also known as North Atlantic fescue or Frederksen's fescue, is a species of grass native to Greenland, Newfoundland, Labrador, and to a few islands in eastern Québec (Mingan Archipelago and Anticosti Island).[3][4][5] In Iceland and southern Greenland, a few populations have been found that may be hybrids between F. rubra and either F. frederikseniae or F. vivipara. The purported hybrids have been named F. x villosa-vivipara.[6] All these species grow on cliffs and on rocky or sandy soils in alpine tundra.[7][8][9][10][11] It was first described in 1985.[citation needed]