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Festuca arundinacea

tall fescue

Other common names
Dover grass
meadow fescue
see moremeadow fescue grass
tall fescue grass
Synonyms
Festuca elatior
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Botanical details
Family
Poaceae
Native to GB / Ireland
No
Genus

Festuca

Genus description

Festuca can be herbaceous or evergreen, rhizomatous grasses with linear, often strikingly coloured, leaves, and dense or lax panicles of brownish flowers in summer

Name status

Correct

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