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Festuca rubra subsp. commutata, commonly known as Chewing's fescue, [1] 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.
Festuca nigrescens, also known as the alpine Chewing's fescue, is a species of grass in the family Poaceae. It was first described in 1788. It was first described in 1788. It is perennial and grows in temperate biomes.
For areas that are heavily shaded, Raudenbush recommends a mixture of hard and Chewings fescue. "They have a much lower light requirement compared to the other cool season turfgrasses," he said.
Festuca (fescue) is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the grass family Poaceae (subfamily Pooideae). They are evergreen or herbaceous perennial tufted grasses with a height range of 10–200 cm (4–79 in) and a cosmopolitan distribution , occurring on every continent except Antarctica . [ 2 ]
Festuca rubra, as red fescue or creeping red fescue, is cultivated as an ornamental plant for use as a turfgrass and groundcover. It can be left completely unmowed, or occasionally trimmed for a lush meadow-like look. There are many subspecies, and many cultivars have been bred for the horticulture trade.
Vulpia is a part of a group of species known as fescues; Vulpia is sometimes considered a subset of the main fescue genus, Festuca. Many of these fescues are considered noxious weeds in many places. [ 7 ]
Festuca kingii is a species of grass in the family Poaceae known by the common names spike fescue and King's fescue. It is native to the western United States from Oregon and California east to Nebraska and Kansas. [3] This grass is a clump-forming perennial growing from a rhizome. It produces erect stems up to a meter tall, or occasionally taller.
Festuca saximontana, the rocky mountain fescue or the mountain fescue, is a perennial grass native to North America. The specific epithet saximontana is Latin and means "of the Rocky Mountains ". The grass has a diploid number of 42.