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Festuca dahurica

Festuca dahurica is a perennial bunchgrass native to Siberia, northern China and Mongolia, grown mainly as a hardy ornamental or forage grass. It is cold tolerant and needs full sun and well-drained soil.

Family
Poaceae (Grass family)
Grows as
Grass
Light
Full sun
Water
Water moderately while establishing, then rely mostly on rainfall; avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Well-drained, poor to average soil, including sandy or gritty mixes.
Temperature
Hardy to well below freezing; suited to cold continental climates, protect young plants from extreme wet cold.
How easy
Easy
Native range
Siberia to N. China
Climate
temperate

About

Festuca dahurica is a species of grass in the family Poaceae. This species is native to Buryatiya, China North-Central, Chita, Inner Mongolia, Manchuria, Mongolia, and Qinghai. This species was first described in 1934.

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 dahurica 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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