Tall Fescue

Festuca arundinacea                                                                             


A coarse, dark green Perennial. Develops into a durable, coarse turf in thick stands but can form objectionable clumps in fine bladed grasses. Grows from California eastward through the mid-South and across the northern United States.


Identifying Characteristics

  • Stolons: Absent
  • Rhizomes: Absent
  • Leaves: Rolled in the bud
  • Ligule: Membranous, short
  • Collar: Broad, continuous
  • Auricles: Absent
  • Sheaths: Not compressed, reddish-pink
  • Blades: Flat, strongly veined above, rough along the edges, sharp pointed
  • Seedhead: An erect, somewhat compressed panicle
  • Spikelets: Containing 6 to 8 seeds

Recommendations

  • Mowing Height: 2 to 3 inches
  • Establishment: Seed, Sod

 


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