Festuca altissima

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Poales

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Pooideae
Tribus: Poeae
Subtribus: Loliinae
Genus: Festuca
Species: Festuca altissima

Festuca altissima All., Auct. Fl. Pedem.: 43 (1789)

Homotypic
- Schedonorus altissimus (All.) P.Beauv. in Ess. Agrostogr.: 99 (1812)
Heterotypic
- Drymochloa sylvatica (Pollich) Holub in Folia Geobot. Phytotax. 19: 99 (1984)
- Festuca calamaria var. minor Hook. in Fl. Scotl.: 40 (1821)
- Festuca decidua Bellardi ex Sm. in Engl. Bot.: t. 2266 (1811)
- Festuca latifolia DC. in Cat. Pl. Horti Monsp.: 111 (1813)
- Festuca silvatica Vill. in Hist. Pl. Dauphiné 1: 271 (1786), orth. var.
- Festuca silvatica f. denudata Holmb. in Skand. Fl. 2: 236 (1926)
- Festuca sylvatica var. decidua (Bellardi ex Sm.) Steud. in Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 633 (1840)
- Festuca sylvatica var. latifolia (DC.) Lamotte in Cat. Pl. Plateau Central: 99 (1847)
- Festuca sylvatica var. minor Sond. in Fl. Hamburg.: 64 (1851)
- Poa binervata P.Beauv. in Ess. Agrostogr.: 174 (1812), nom. nud.
- Poa sylvatica Pollich in Hist. Pl. Palat. 1: 83 (1776)
- Poa sylvatica var. subaristata Parn. in Grass. Britain: 224 (1845)
- Poa trinervata Ehrh. in Beitr. Naturk. Verw. Wiss. 6: 81 (1791)
- Schedonorus alpinus Hoppe ex Schult. in Mant. 2: 389 (1824), pro syn.
- Schedonorus deciduus (Bellardi ex Sm.) Gray in Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 115 (1821 publ. 1822)
- Schedonorus latifolius (DC.) Roem. & Schult. in Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 2: 710 (1817)
- Schedonorus sylvaticus (Pollich) P.Beauv. in Ess. Agrostogr.: 99 (1812)

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Cosmopolitan
- Regionalː Eurasia
  - Albania, Altay, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Central European Russia, Czechia-Slovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Krasnoyarsk, Netherlands, North Caucasus, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Norway, NW. Balkan Pen., Poland, Romania, South European Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Transcaucasus, Ukraine, West Siberia

Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. 2006. World Grass Species – Synonymy database. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Available for download as an Access file from Synonymy database. Reference page.
Flora Europaea [1]

Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Festuca altissima in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 December 03. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2025. Festuca altissima. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 03 December 2025. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2025. Festuca altissima. Published online. Accessed: December 03 2025. Reference page.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. December 03 in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 2025. Reference page.