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Festuca rubra subsp. commutata
Also called Fescues
Chewing's fescue is a fine-leaved, bunch-forming perennial grass, widely used in lawns across Europe. It thrives with minimal water and fertiliser and tolerates shade and acidic soil, but not heavy wear or very close mowing.
Festuca rubra subsp. commutata, commonly known as Chewing's fescue, is a subspecies of grass. It is a perennial plant very common in lawns throughout Europe. The plant features filamentous leaves, with the leaf rolled in the shoot. It is a bunch grass.
In a lawn, Chewing's fescue has a very high shoot density and fine appearance, high tolerance to low temperatures, and very good visual merit. It is tolerant of acidic soils, shows high shade tolerance (under light wear), very resistant to common turf diseases and requires minimal water and fertiliser.
These properties make it an ideal constituent in lawn turfs, where it is often found mixed with ryegrasses, smooth meadow-grass, red fescue and bent grasses. It is not particularly tolerant of heavy wear or very close mowing (<5mm), however.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Festuca rubra subsp. commutata by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
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