Festuca rubra L.

Red fescue

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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

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

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' (1 × 0.7 m) 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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