Festuca valesiaca Schleich. ex Gaudin
Annotated by Carex Working Group, Mar 2014.

Washington: Thurston County: Glacial Heritage Prairie. From I-5, Littlerock exit, go west on Maytown Road southwest to Littlerock. Cross Littlerock Road. Southwest and continue west 128th Avenue Southwest to Mima Road south west, Go south 4.35 kilometers turn left on gravel road to gate. Elev. 147 ft.
46° 52' 53" N, 123° 2' 18" W
Dry, gravelly meadow. Mounded prairie. With Pteridium aquilfolium, Hypochaeris radicata, Campanula rotundifolia, Festuca roemeri, F. rubra, Cytisus scoparius, Brodiaea coronaria, Ranunculus occidentalis, Chrysanthemum leucanthemum and Agrostis tenuis. Grass, 0.4-0.91 meters tall. Distinctive blue gray cast to foliage. Lemma bodies 5 millimeters long. Drawing of leaf cross section by B. L. Wilson. Phenology: Flowers.

Wendy Gibble OR930-RC10, Jul 3, 2006
With Jennifer Youngman
WTU, Accession: 374794