Festuca rubra L.
Red fescue
Kingdom | Plantae | Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae |
Subkingdom | Tracheobionta | Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients |
Division | Magnoliophyta | Flowering plants, also known as angiosperms |
Class | Liliopsida | Monocots (plants with a single seed leaf); includes the lily family |
Subclass | Commelinidae | Dayflowers and spiderworts, and several others |
Order | Cyperales | Flowering plants including grasses |
Family | Poaceae | Grasses (but not sedges or rushes) |
Genus | Festuca | From the Latin festuca, “a grass stalk or straw” |
Species | rubra | From the Latin ruber or rubra meaning “red” |
About plant names...
Red fescue is a native North American grass that flourishes in a wide variety of habitats.
Identification: Plants are 4-20″ (10-50 cm) high.
Grass blades are flat and very dark green. The ear is 4½″ (11 cm) long. Earlets have 3 to 6 flowers.
Online References:
Desert-tropicals.com
CalPhotos
Wikimedia Commons
Wikipedia
The USDA Forest Service's Fire Effects Information Database
The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
The Toolik↔Arctic Geobotanical Atlas
EFloras
References:
Knobel, Edward, Field Guide to the Grasses, Sedges and Rushes of the United States, Dover Publications Inc., 1980, p. 18
9/18/2009 · Acadia National Park, Bar Harbor, Maine · ≈ 3½ × 2′ (103 × 69 cm) ID is uncertain
6/9/2010 · Tom and Susan’s, Pepperell, Massachusetts ID is uncertain
6/9/2010 · Tom and Susan’s, Pepperell, Massachusetts ID is uncertain
Festuca rubra description by Thomas H. Kent, last updated 25 May 2020.
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Head 11 inches long. · 6/9/2010 · Tom and Susan’s, Pepperell, Massachusetts ID is uncertain
6/9/2010 · Tom and Susan’s, Pepperell, Massachusetts ID is uncertain
Range: Zones 3-6:
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