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Coast fescue

Festuca elmeri

Also called Elmer's Fescue

Coast fescue
Photo: Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A.Chase), Public domain
Family
Poaceae (Grass family)
Grows as
Grass

About

Festuca elmeri is a species of grass known by the common names coast fescue and Elmer's fescue. It is a bunchgrass native to the US states of California and Oregon, where it often grows in wet, shady areas in coastal counties.

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 elmeri by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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