Scolochloa festucacea

Scolochloa festucacea

Scolochloa festucacea

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: Scolochloinae
Genus: Scolochloa
Species: Scolochloa festucacea

Name

Scolochloa festucacea (Willd.) Link, Hort. Berol. 1: 136 (1827)

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Arundo festucacea Willd. in Enum. Pl. Hort. Berol.: 126 (1809)
  • Donax festucaceus (Willd.) P.Beauv. in Ess. Agrostogr.: 78 (1812)
  • Fluminia festucacea (Willd.) Hitchc. in Bull. U.S.D.A. 772: 38 (1920)
  • Graphephorum festucaceum (Willd.) A.Gray in Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 5: 191 (1862)
  • Sieglingia festucacea (Willd.) Jess. in Deut. Excurs.-Fl.: 570 (1879)
  • Triodia festucacea (Willd.) Roth in Enum. Pl. Phaen. Germ. 1(1): 382 (1827)
• Heterotypic
  • Aira arundinacea Lilj. in Utkast Sv. Fl.: 49 (1792), pro syn.
  • Donax borealis Trin. in Fund. Agrost.: 156 (1820)
  • Festuca arundinacea Lilj. in Utkast Sv. Fl., ed. 2: 47 (1798), nom. illeg.
  • Festuca borealis (Trin.) Mert. & W.D.J.Koch in J.C.Röling, Deutschl. Fl., ed. 3, 1: 664 (1823)
  • Festuca donacina Wahlenb. in Fl. Suecica 1: 66 (1824)
  • Fluminia arundinacea (Roem. & Schult.) Fr. in Summa Veg. Scand.: 247 (1845)
  • Glyceria arundinacea (Roem. & Schult.) Fr. in Novit. Fl. Suec. Mant. 2: 8 (1839), nom. illeg.
  • Graphephorum arundinaceum (Roem. & Schult.) Asch. in Fl. Brandenburg 1: 852 (1864)
  • Schedonorus arundinaceus Roem. & Schult. in Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 2: 700 (1817)
  • Scolochloa arundinacea (Roem. & Schult.) MacMill. in Metasp. Minnesota Valley: 79 (1892), nom. illeg.
  • Scolochloa festucacea f. artistata Holmb. in Bot. Not. 1926: 184 (1926)
  • Scolochloa marchica M.Duvel, Ristow, H.Scholz in Feddes Repert. 112: 333 (2001)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America Regionalː Subarctic to NW. & N. Central U.S.A. Alaska, Alberta, British Columbia, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Manitoba, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Northwest Territories, Oregon, Saskatchewan, South Dakota, Wyoming, Yukon Continental: Eurasia Altay, Baltic States, Belarus, Central European Russia, Chita, East European Russia, Finland, Germany, Inner Mongolia, Irkutsk, Kazakhstan, Krasnoyarsk, Manchuria, Mongolia, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Poland, South European Russia, Sweden, Transcaucasus, Tuva, Türkiye, Ukraine, West Siberia, Yakutiya Introduced into: Føroyar, Mexico Northeast, New York References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Link, J.H.F. (1827) Hortus Regius Botanicus Berolinensis 1: 136.

Additional references

• 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 of North America Editorial Committee (2007). Flora of North America North of Mexico 24: 1-908. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2026. Scolochloa festucacea in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2026 January 12. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2026. Scolochloa festucacea. Published online. Accessed: January 12 2026. Reference page.

Vernacular names

• English: Common rivergrass
• suomi: Piuru
• polski: Skolochloa trzcinowata

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