The First Record for Altai Fescue, Festuca altaica (Poaceae), in Nova Scotia, from an Eastern Alpine Site on Cape Breton Island

Altai Fescue, Festuca altaica Trinius, is an amphi-Beringian grass species also known from isolated, but widespread, locations in northeastern North America. The occurrence reported here, at the southern limit of eastern alpine habitat in Canada, represents the first for Nova Scotia.

Bibliographic Details
Published in:The Canadian Field-Naturalist
Main Authors: Darbyshire, Stephen, Blaney, Sean, Basquill, Sean
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: The Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club 2017
Subjects:
Altai Fescue
Festuca altaica
conservation
rare plants
floristics
alpine vegetation
Nova Scotia
Breton Island
Canada
Online Access:https://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1861
https://doi.org/10.22621/cfn.v131i2.1861
Description
Summary:Altai Fescue, Festuca altaica Trinius, is an amphi-Beringian grass species also known from isolated, but widespread, locations in northeastern North America. The occurrence reported here, at the southern limit of eastern alpine habitat in Canada, represents the first for Nova Scotia.

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