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tall fescue

Lolium arundinaceum

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 604, February 446, March 698, April 1,099, May 1,584, June 1,728, July 1,849, August 1,590, September 1,167, October 871, November 476, December 372.
United States14,593
Alaska12,484
Russia1,804
New Zealand639
Canada367
Moscow311
Moscow Oblast276
Texas269
Bryansk Oblast261
United Kingdom219

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Traits

Group and habits

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Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
Classmonocots · Liliopsida
Ordergrasses, sedges, cattails, and allies · Poales
Familygrasses · Poaceae
GenusRyegrasses · Lolium

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