Southern Six Weeks Fescue

Vulpia octoflora var. octoflora

Native status unresolved in South Carolina

Vulpia octoflora var. octoflora — whole photograph — Sokoloff PC, Murray DA, McBeth SR.M, Irvine MG, Rupert SM (2020) Additions to the “Martian Flora”: new botanical records from the Mars Desert Research Station, Utah. Biodiversity Data Journal 8: e55063. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.8.e55063 · CC BY 4.0 · Original photograph · Wikimedia thumbnail; no crop or retouching

Ecological relationships

Who uses this plant?

—CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including SC

—BeesSoutheastern regional records

—Specialist beesPollen specialists

2BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim

Recorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim · Vulpia

Meleagris gallopavoWild Turkey
Tympanuchus pallidicinctusLesser Prairie-Chicken

Hurlbert, Olsen, Sawyer & Winner 2021, Avian Diet Database, Scientific Data 8: 260 (CC0)

Growing and identification

Plant details

Family: Poaceae
Flower color: Green, purple or brown

Safety has not been reviewed for this plant; check toxicity and thorns before planting.

Growing sources and scope

Flower color · “Green, purple or brown” · Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
Height · “Up to about 2 feet” · Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
Life cycle · “Annual” · Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center

Also known as

Southern Six Weeks Fescue

Conservation status

South Carolina rank	Not available
Global rank	Not available
SC status	Not verified
Federal status	Not verified

Conservation source

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