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Fineleaf sheep fescue

Festuca filiformis

Also called Fine Leaved Sheep's Fescue, Hair Fescue, Fine Leaf Sheep Fescue, Slender Fescue, Fine Leaved Sheep Fescue

Fineleaf sheep fescue
Photo: Petr Filippov, CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Poaceae (Grass family)
Grows as
Grass
Native range
Europe to Caucasus, NW. Africa
Climate
temperate

About

Festuca filiformis, known by the common names fine-leaf sheep fescue, fine-leaved sheep's-fescue, hair fescue, and slender fescue, is a species of grass. It is native to Europe, and it is widespread elsewhere as an introduced species and often a weed.

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

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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