Plants Profile for Vulpia octoflora (sixweeks fescue)

General Information
Symbol:	VUOC
Group:	Monocot
Family:	Poaceae
Duration:	Annual
Growth Habit:	Graminoid
Native Status:	CAN N L48 N
Data Source and Documentation

	Native		Introduced		Both		Absent/Unreported
	Native, No County Data		Introduced, No County Data		Both, No County Data

L48

NAV

CAN

SPM

Images

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Synonyms

Classification

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Rank	Scientific Name and Common Name
Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Commelinidae
Order	Cyperales
Family	Poaceae ⁄ Gramineae – Grass family
Genus	Vulpia C.C. Gmel. – fescue
Species	Vulpia octoflora (Walter) Rydb. – sixweeks fescue

Subordinate Taxa

The Plants Database includes the following 3 subspecies of Vulpia octoflora . Click below on a thumbnail map or name for subspecies profiles.

Vulpia octoflora var. glauca
sixweeks fescue

Vulpia octoflora var. hirtella
sixweeks fescue

Vulpia octoflora var. octoflora
sixweeks fescue

Legal Status

Threatened and Endangered Information:
This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.
Vermont eight-flowered fescue Endangered

U.S. Weed Information
Vulpia octoflora pullout grass sixweeks fescue sixweeks grass This plant can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below.This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.
NE&GP	Stubbendieck, J., G.Y. Friisoe,and M.R. Bolick. 1994. Weeds of Nebraska and the Great Plains. Nebraska Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry. Lincoln, Nebraska.

Wetland Status

Interpreting Wetland Status

North America
Arid West	UPL
Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain	FACU
Eastern Mountains and Piedmont	UPL
Great Plains	FACU
Midwest	FACU
Northcentral & Northeast	FACU
Western Mountains, Valleys, and Coast	UPL