red fescue - Festuca rubra

USDA Plant Code: FERUR2
Light Requirement: full sun
Soil Moisture: wet
Leaves: deciduous
Protected Plant: no
Commonly Available at Nurseries : no
Growth Habits: graminoid,
Hardiness Zone: 1/ 8b
Salt Tolerance : no
Drought Tolerance: no
Birds, Mammals and Other Wildlife: no
Riparian Buffers: no
All Pollinators: yes
Native Bees and other Pollinators: no
Butterflies and Moths: yes
Hummingbird: no
Rain Garden: no
Bloom Color: no
Bloom Period: no
Fragrant: no
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Fruit(s); Dorsal view of caryopsis.
D. Walters and C. Southwick, USDA, Bugwood.org
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Fruit(s); Ventral view of caryopsis showing linear hilum and deep hilar groove.
D. Walters and C. Southwick, USDA, Bugwood.org
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Floret(s); Ventral view of three florets with unbroken awns and glabrous calluses. Note bifid palea tip of the center floret.
D. Walters and C. Southwick, USDA, Bugwood.org
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Floret(s); Lateral view of a terminal grouping of three florets.
D. Walters and C. Southwick, USDA, Bugwood.org
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Floret(s); ndividual florets (most in ventral view) and an apical terminal grouping of florets. Note purplish coloring inside some florets.
D. Walters and C. Southwick, USDA, Bugwood.org
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