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Ecological Atlas of Denali's Flora

Denali National Park and Preserve

Community Ecology

Community Ecology of Festuca rubra

Festuca rubra can be found in the following landcover classes and plant associations. For more information on each class or association, follow the links generated below. To learn how classes and associations are determined, visit the Plant Communities page.

Landcover Class Plant Associations
Broadleaf Forest
  • Populus balsamifera, Picea glauca, Salix alaxensis, Alnus crispa, Salix planifolia, Empetrum nigrum, Epilobium angustifolium, Hylocomium splendens
Closed Low Birch
  • Betula nana, Salix barrattiana, Potentilla fruticosa, Festuca rubra, Hylocomium splendens
Dwarf Shrub
  • Salix brachycarpa, Dryas octopetala, Salix reticulata, Cassiope tetragona, feathermoss
  • Salix glauca, Salix reticulata, Festuca altaica, Dryas octopetala
Mixed Spruce-Broadleaf Forest
  • Picea mariana, Betula papyrifera, Larix laricina, Ledum palustre, Vaccinium uliginosum, Vaccinium vitis-idaea, Empetrum nigrum, feathermoss
Open-Woodland Spruce Forest
  • Picea glauca, Salix glauca, Salix reticulata, Arctagrostis latifolia, feathermoss, Cladonia rangiferina, Cladonia amaurocrea
Willow Shrub
  • Salix glauca, Shepherdia canadensis, Dryas integrifolia, Artemisia frigida, Festuca rubra

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