Festuca brevipila Tracey (Festuca trachyphylla (Hackel) Krajina; F. guestfalica Boenn. ex Reichenb. [= error]); F.longifolia auct., non Thuill.). See also Part II (click here)
Conservation status: C
First record: Henslow, 1825
F. ovina group, very drought resistant, always totally glaucous. Introduced. Dry places, calcifuge. NE Austria (near Gmünd). FE.
Seed merchants are still calling it F. longifolia –used by Elveden Estate, f. Harrison, PJO Trist,1995.
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A few plants on side of B1042, Croydon, DA Wells & CFG, 12.8.1995, [R].
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Lords Bridge, disused railway siding, introduced with sleeper soil, 395.538. 15–20 plants in 1m square, KV Cramp, conf. PJO Trist, 12.6.1982, Hb Trist.
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F.diuruscula Cambridge, JS Henslow, 14 June 1825, det PJO Trist 1983, CGE.
F. duriuscula Gog Magog Hills, W.L.P.G., 5.1840, SWN.
Beech wood on Gogs, KM Goodway, 23.6.1954, det PJO Trist 1983, CGE.
Arable to grass reversion, with 'conservation mix'! Magog Trust, 45W, PJO Trist, 5.6.1995, [R].
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Western Furze Hill, on open sandy soil on top of bank at NW end, G Crompton with J Heap, 22.6.1981, native here, conf. PJO Trist, CGE.
Plants over 25 to 30m in open areas of sparse cover, both sides of track on
exteme W side of West hill, 552.488, PJO Trist, 10.5.1982, [R].
On all 3 Furze Hills, possibly native here, f. PJO Trist 31.10.1983.
Middle hill E side on open grassy bank, (near Phleum phleoides), 555.486, PJO
Trist, 28.4.1983, [R].
West hill 552.488, PJO Trist, 13.6.1983, [R].
Open vegetation of sandbank, 553.487, PJO Trist, 24.4.1984, [R].
Bank adjacent to track, in low vegetation, pH 5.0, West hill, 553.487, PJO Trist, 11.6.1984 and 21.4.1989, [R].
Large patch on west edge of westerly Furze Hill, CP, G Crompton, 21.6.1987.
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3 plants, RSV (new) of slip road to Lt Abington, 527.497, DA Wells & G Crompton, 30.6.1996.
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F. duriuscula Swaffham J.D., 3.6.1830, NTM.
Swaffham, JS Henslow, 4 June 18––, det PJO Trist 1983, CGE.
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F. diuriuscula [WS's hand writing of sp.name ?] Common about Wisbech on the River Bank. n.d., Hort.Sicc.1:WBCH.
