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Tall Fescue, Schedonorus arundinaceus, Festuca arundinacea

Tall Fescue
Schedonorus arundinaceus (Festuca arundinacea)
Feisciú ard
Family: Poaceae

Flowering June-July. Perennial. Native.
Identification by Paul Green

Broad flowerheads with spreading branches, each panicle branch with lanceolate to oval spikelets. Stiff, rough leaves 8-10mm wide with short ligules. Whitish decaying leaf-sheaths. Strong tufted growth, stems 70-180cm.

Found in rough grassland, roadsides and on damp ground. Widespread in Ireland except in the SW.

Similar: Meadow Fescue, Festuca pratensis


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Tall Fescue, Festuca arundinacea
Tall Fescue, Festuca arundinacea. Bantry House, Co.Cork. June 2009

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