Festuca arizonica

Arizona fescue · Poaceae

Summary of the structured data documented in ClimaFlora for this taxon.

PoaceaeOther

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Identity and native distribution

Family

Poaceae

Life form

Other

Documented native regions

North AmericaSouth America

Animal foodEnvironmental uses

Variable	Observed range	Central range
Annual mean temperature	-1.63 – 27.91	1.85 – 27.79
Temperature of the warmest month	17.65 – 41.65	21.25 – 38.11
Temperature of the coldest month	-18.63 – 23.03	-15.93 – 22.85
Annual precipitation	154.88 – 4768.34	180.26 – 3328.64
Precipitation seasonality	12.48 – 103.96	18.94 – 98.68

These values describe the documented climate envelope of the taxon. They are not, by themselves, a local recommendation.

Variable	Unit	Observed range	Central range
Cation exchange capacity (CEC)	cmol(+)/kg	19.07 – 26.66	21.27 – 24.25
Clay	%	18.91 – 35.1	22.52 – 29.12
Coarse fragments	%	4.97 – 18.27	7.3 – 15.47
Total nitrogen	g/kg	1.01 – 2.28	1.29 – 1.77
pH	—	6.5 – 7.5	6.5 – 6.62
Sand	%	19.39 – 49.08	27.85 – 44.2
Soil organic carbon	g/kg	13.35 – 33.09	17.98 – 29.6

These soil preferences should be compared with the site profile and the confidence of the local data.