Festuca rubra L.

Red Fescue

Description:

·        Grass with smooth culms 40-100 cm tall

·        Loosely clumped with many creeping rootstocks forming an open turf

·        Species variable in colour, length of awns, and degree of hair cover on lemma

·        Spikelets 10 mm long with 4-7 florets

·        Awns 1-3 mm long

Habitat:

·        Pastures

·        Exposed situations

·        Sand and gravel along beaches

·        Upper zones of salt marshes

Distribution:

·        Cow pasture