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Festuca arenaria Osbeck

Rush-leaf fescue

source: Adrie van Heerden, Verspreidingsatlas 2015
source: Adrie van Heerden, Verspreidingsatlas 2015

Rush-leaf fescue

GrinTax Festuca arenaria Osbeck
The Plant list Festuca rubra L.
English name Rush-leaf fescue



Crop relationship
Fescue same genus



FLORON data (2014)
Indigeneity native
Trend since 1950 stable or increasing
Presence relatively rare
Status least concern
Legal protection unlisted

© NDFF, 2015
© NDFF, 2015

Legend distribution maps

upper map:

  • red: locations of presence from year 2000 onwards
  • blue: previous localities where the species has not been observed anymore after 1999.
  • source: Verspreidingsatlas.nl

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lower map:

Distribution area
Europe coastal areas of W-Europe and Baltic Sea
Asia -
Africa -
North-America some locations
South-America -
Australia -
source: wilde-planten.nl, 2015
source: wilde-planten.nl, 2015

Expected distribution due to climate change

Expected distribution area in 2070 in the European region and in the Netherlands compared with current suitable areas under an optimistic and a pessimistic climate change scenario (see: About CWRnl / Methodology). Click on a map to enlarge.

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Optimistic scenario

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Distribution data GBIF, July 2017. doi:10.15468/dl.etwj2c
Distribution data GBIF, July 2017. doi:10.15468/dl.etwj2c

Pessimistic scenario

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Additional information