EPPO Global Database

Festuca ovina(FESOV)

Overview
Code created in: 2002-02-14

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: FESOV
  • Preferred name: Festuca ovina
  • Authority: Linnaeus

Notes

Most of Europe (except southeast), Caucasus, Siberia, Russian Far East, Western Asia, Himalayas, China, Korea, Japan, Mongolia, Morocco, Canada (western) USA (Alaska, western except coast). Introduced in Iceland, locally throughout USA 

WSSA list of weeds in North America


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Festuca nigra Gilibert
Festuca ovina subsp. ovina Linnaeus
Festuca vulgaris (Koch) Hayek

Common names
Name Language
sheep fescue English (US)
sheep's fescue English
eigentlicher Schafschwingel German
Schafschwingel German
coquiole French
fétuque des moutons French
fétuque ovine French
petit foin French
poil de chien French
poil de loup French
canuela de oveja Spanish
festuca ovina Italian
gramigna betaiola Italian
gramigna stefaiola Italian
paleo capillare Italian
genaald schapengras Dutch
schapenzwenkgras Dutch
festuca-ovelha Portuguese
laborinho Portuguese
fårsvingel Swedish
овсяница овечья Russian
fåresvingel Danish
sauesvingel Norwegian
lampaannata Finnish
kostrzewa owcza Polish
iuhcsenkesz Hungarian
bishtpelëza leshtake Albanian
bishtpelëza pak e fortë Albanian
овча власатка Bulgarian
festuca ovina Catalan
yáng máo Chinese
羊茅 Chinese
obična vlasulja Croatian
kostřava ovčí Czech
lamba-aruhein Estonian
aitu auzene Latvian
avinis eraičinas Lithuanian
păiușul oilor Romanian
јанчарица власуља Serbian
обични вијук Serbian
kostrava ovčia Slovak
ovčja bilnica Slovene
костриця овеча Ukrainian
peisgwellt y defaid Welsh