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Field fescue

Festuca arvernensis

Field fescue
Photo: This illustration was made by Citron You must credit this : Citron / CC-BY-SA-3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0

Field fescue (Festuca arvernensis) is a perennial tufted grass from the Grass family, native to the mountains of south-central and southwest France. It is a cool-season grass best suited to temperate gardens and open meadow or lawn-style plantings.

Family
Poaceae (Grass family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water deeply but infrequently, letting the top of the soil dry between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained, moderately fertile soil; tolerates poor and rocky soils.
Temperature
10–24 °C; tolerates cold winters and can be damaged by prolonged heat above 30 °C.
How easy
Easy
Native range
Mts. of SC. & SW. France
Climate
temperate

About

Festuca arvernensis (also known as field fescue) is a species of perennial plant from family Poaceae. It is native to France. It can also be found in such US states as California and New Mexico. It was first described in 1977.

Other Festuca plants

Festuca floribunda · Festuca abyssinica · Banks Peninsula Blue Tussock · Festuca alatavica · Festuca aloha · Festuca alpina · Altai fescue · Wood Fescue · Amethyst Fescue · Festuca ampla · Festuca amplissima · Festuca argentina

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Festuca arvernensis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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