Open AccessThe First Record for Altai Fescue, <i>Festuca altaica</i> (Poaceae), in Nova Scotia, from an Eastern Alpine Site on Cape Breton Island
Author(s) -
S. J. Darbyshire,
Sean Blaney,
Seán P. Basquill
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
the canadian field-naturalist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 28
ISSN - 0008-3550
DOI - 10.22621/cfn.v131i2.1861
Subject(s) - nova scotia , cape , festuca , geography , poaceae , festuca rubra , habitat , ecology , biology , archaeology
Altai Fescue, Festuca altaica Trinius, is an amphi-Beringian grass species also known from isolated, but widespread, locations in northeastern North America. The occurrence reported here, at the southern limit of eastern alpine habitat in Canada, represents the first for Nova Scotia.
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