Festuca beckeri

Festuca beckeri (Hack.) Trautv.
Poaceae
	20 - 60 cm    bis   -  -
	VI, VII 150B / c3d238
Taxonomy
Divisio: Magnoliophyta Subdivisio: Magnoliophytina Classis: Liliopsida Subclassis: Commelinidae Superordo: Poanae Ordo: Poales

Festuca beckeri is a grass.

Naming

Festuca beckeri was already described and the name validly published by Eduard Hackel. It was Ernst Rudolf von Trautvetter, however, who reclassified it into todays valid botanical systematics in 1884.

Taxonomy

Festuca beckeri is a species in the genus Festuca which contains approximately 665 to 791 species and belongs to the family of the Poaceae (Grass Family). The type species of the genus is Festuca ovina.

Characteristics

Growth

The grasses reach heights of 20 to 60 centimetres.

Leaves

Festuca beckeri is deciduous. The fern-green, simple leaves are distichous. They are linear and clasping with entire margins and parallel venation.

Flowers and Fruits

Festuca beckeri produces panicles of light-green flowers from June to July.

The grasses produce caryopses.

Distribution

Festuca beckeri is native to to the coastal regions of North Europe, Germany, Poland and the European Russia.

Cultivation

The grasses prefer a sunny situation on dry to moderately moist soil. The substrate should be sandy-loamy, gritty-loamy or sandy clay soil.

Literature

• Walter Erhardt, Erich Götz, Nils Bödeker, Siegmund Seybold: Der große Zander. Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2008, ISBN 978-3-8001-5406-7. (Ger.)
• Christoper Brickell (Editor-in-chief): RHS A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants. Third edition. Dorling Kindersley, London 2003, ISBN 0-7513-3738-2.

Non-commercial Links

• Festuca beckeri at the United States Department of Agriculturees:Festuca beckeri