Species: Red Fescue (Festuca rubra agg.)
Family: Grasses (POACEAE (GRAMINEAE))
Category: Flowering Plants
Location: NW
A. Flowering Plants
More extensive information on flowering plants can be found in a separate blog post.
B. Grasses (POACEAE (GRAMINEAE))
This ubiquitous, diverse family includes annual, biennial, and perennial species, terrestrial and aquatic species, and deciduous and evergreen species. One reason why grasses are such successful plants is that they grow from the base, whereas most other plants grow from the tip. This means they are more likely to survive when damaged, for example by mowing, grazing, or fire. 70% of all crops are grasses, producing grains for food.
C. Red Fescue (Festuca rubra agg.)
Red Fescue is a native, shade-loving, creeping perennial, with dark green glossy, bristly leaves which are rolled up into tubes. It flowers from May.
This grass is a valuable to larvae of the Marbled White butterfly.
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Red Fescue
Red Fescue is a native, shade-loving, creeping perennial, with dark green glossy, bristly leaves which are rolled up into tubes.
Red Fescue
Red Fescue forms dense clumps of basal leaves from which rise a few flowering stems.
