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Kingdom: Plantae > Division: Tracheophyta > Class: Magnoliopsida > Order: Poales > Family: Poaceae > Genus: Festuca > Species: Festuca elegans

Festuca elegans (Pau) Fuente & Ortúñez

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Threat status Europe	Least Concern (IUCN)
Protected by	EU Habitats Directive and 1 other international agreement
Natura 2000 sites	64 are designated for this species
Most preferred habitats	grassland sparsely vegetated land
May also occur in	heathland and shrub woodland and forest
Natura 2000 species code	1885

Distribution

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Threat and conservation status

IUCN Red List status of threatened species

The IUCN Red List threat status assesses the risk of extinction.

World

Not evaluated

Europe

Least Concern

IUCN Red List Category

Not Evaluated	Near Threatened	Regionally Extinct
Not Applicable	Vulnerable	Extinct in the Wild
Data Deficient	Endangered	Extinct
Least Concern	Critically Endangered

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EU conservation status

Conservation status assesses every six years and for each biogeographical region the condition of habitats and species compared to the favourable status as described in the Habitats Directive. The map shows the 2013-2018 assessments as reported by EU Member State. Assessments are further detailed in the summary document available behind the link below.

Good: the species is viable and maintaining itself on a long-term basis, its natural range is not reduced, and it has a sufficient large habitat.
Poor: the species is not as critical as being unfavourable-bad, but still requires significant conservation and restoration measure to make it viable in the long-term, or to enlarged its current range, or to improve the quality and availability of its habitat.
Bad: the species is either not maintaining itself on a long-term basis and is not viable, or its natural range as been or is being drastically reduced, or its habitat is largely insufficient; the species requires major conservation and restoration measures.
Unknown: the information available for the species is scarce and does not allow a proper assessment of its conservation status.

Natura 2000 sites

Protected in the following Natura 2000 sites

Sitecode	Country	Site name	Action
ES0000031	Spain	Sierra de Grazalema	Map
ES0000090	Spain	Sierra Morena	Map
ES0000116	Spain	Valle de Iruelas	Map
ES0000210	Spain	Alto Sil	Map
ES0000355	Spain	Hurdes	Map
ES0000370	Spain	Sierra de Gata y Valle de las Pilas	Map
ES0000374	Spain	Ancares	Map
ES0000376	Spain	Baixa Limia - Serra do Xurés	Map
ES1120001	Spain	Ancares - Courel	Map
ES1120016	Spain	Río Cabe	Map
ES1130001	Spain	Baixa Limia	Map
ES1130002	Spain	Macizo Central	Map
ES4110002	Spain	Sierra de Gredos	Map
ES4130003	Spain	Picos de Europa en Castilla y León	Map
ES4130010	Spain	Sierra de los Ancares	Map
ES4130035	Spain	Valle de San Emiliano	Map
ES4130037	Spain	Hoces de Vegacervera	Map
ES4130050	Spain	Montaña Central de León	Map
ES4130149	Spain	Omaña	Map
ES4320039	Spain	Sierra de las Villuercas y Valle del Guadarranque	Map
ES6140004	Spain	Sierra Nevada	Map
PTCON0001	Portugal	Peneda / Gerês	Map
PTCON0002	Portugal	Montesinho / Nogueira	Map
PTCON0040	Portugal	Côrno do Bico	Map
PTZPE0002	Portugal	Serra do Gerês	Map
PTZPE0037	Portugal	Rios Sabor e Maçãs	Map
ES4130137	Spain	Rebollares del Cea	Map
PTCON0051	Portugal	Complexo do Açor	Map
ES4110078	Spain	Riberas del Río Alberche y afluentes	Map
ES4150126	Spain	Valle del Cuerpo de Hombre	Map
ES6140010	Spain	Sierra de Baza Norte	Map
ES4320037	Spain	Sierra de Gata	Map
ES4150032	Spain	El Rebollar	Map
ES6140015	Spain	Barrancos del Río de Aguas Blancas	Map
ES4190033	Spain	Sierra de la Culebra	Map
ES4180081	Spain	Riberas del Río Adaja y afluentes	Map
PTCON0021	Portugal	Rios Sabor e Maçãs	Map
ES4320031	Spain	Río Tietar	Map
ES4320011	Spain	Las Hurdes	Map
PTCON0028	Portugal	Gardunha	Map
PTCON0014	Portugal	Serra da Estrela	Map
ES4190105	Spain	Lago de Sanabria y alrededores	Map
PTCON0025	Portugal	Montemuro	Map
ES4150101	Spain	Candelario	Map
ES4320013	Spain	Granadilla	Map
PTCON0023	Portugal	Morais	Map
ES1130007	Spain	Pena Trevinca	Map
ES4150107	Spain	Las Batuecas-Sierra de Francia	Map
ES4190110	Spain	Sierra de la Cabrera	Map
ES4320038	Spain	Sierra de Gredos y Valle del Jerte	Map
ES4130117	Spain	Montes Aquilanos y Sierra de Teleno	Map
PTCON0003	Portugal	Alvão / Marão	Map
ES4110034	Spain	Sierra de la Paramera y Serrota	Map
PTCON0022	Portugal	Douro Internacional	Map
ES4150085	Spain	Riberas del Río Tormes y afluentes	Map
ES4190060	Spain	Tejedelo	Map
ES4190067	Spain	Riberas del Río Tera y afluentes	Map
ES4110020	Spain	Pinar de Hoyocasero	Map
ES6140001	Spain	Sierra de Baza	Map
ES4110115	Spain	Valle del Tiétar	Map
ES4250005	Spain	Montes de Toledo	Map
ES4190131	Spain	Riberas del Río Tuela y afluentes	Map
ES0000437	Spain	Pena Trevinca	Map
PTZPE0003	Portugal	Montesinho / Nogueira	Map

Protected sites

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Legal status

Mentioned in the following international legal instruments and agreements

Legal text	Annex	More information
Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora - consolidated version 01/01/2007 (EU Habitats Directive)	Annex II: animal and plant species of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation.	http://ec.europa.eu/environm...rective/index_en.htm
	Annex IV: animal and plant species of community interest in need of strict protection.
Convention on the conservation of European wildlife and natural habitats (Bern Convention)	Revised Annex I of Resolution 6 (1998) of the Bern Convention listing the species requiring specific habitat conservation measures (year of revision 2011)	https://wcd.coe.int/ViewDoc....ckColorLogged=FDC864 Resolution No. 6 (1998) of the Bern Convention lists the species requiring specific habitat conservation measures [and the designation of Areas of Special Conservation Interest (ASCIs) forming for the Emerald network]

Common names and synonyms

The species has no common names

Synonym	Author
Festuca elegans subsp. merinoi	(Pau) Fuente & Ortúñez
Festuca elegans subsp. merinoi	(Pau) Fuente & Ortúñez

Other resources

CoL (accepted name)	Catalogue of Life
GBIF	Global Biodiversity Information Facility
Habitats Directive Art. 17-2006 summary
ITIS search	Interagency Taxonomic Information System
NCBI search	National Center for Biotechnology Information
PESI (Accepted)	Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure

External data

No external data sets available for this species

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