Festuca baffinensis

Festuca baffinensis also called the Baffin Island fescue is a species of grass in the Poaceae family. The name was published in Bulletin of the National Museum of Canada in 1940. The specific name 'baffinensis' was named after Baffin Island in canada.^[2] This species is native Subarctic Northern Hemisphere to W. Central U.S.A. It was first described in 1940 by Polunin.^[3]

Festuca baffinensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Subfamily:	Pooideae
Genus:	Festuca
Species:	F. baffinensis
Binomial name
Festuca baffinensis Polunin
Synonyms[1]
Festuca brachyphylla var. pubiculmis (St.-Yves) Litard. in Candollea 10: 108 (1945) Festuca brevifolia subvar. pubiculmis St.-Yves in Candollea 2: 254 (1925)

Characteristics

Festuca baffinensis have culms that are 5 - 25 centimeteres long, that are densely pubescent or either pilose near the inflorense. The sheaths are close about half their length.^[4]

Habitat

Festuca baffinensis is a perennial plant and mainly grows in temperate biomes or volcanic areas.^[1][4]