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  1. Life
  2. Plants
  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Monocots
  5. Grasses, Sedges, Cattails, and Allies
  6. Grasses
  7. Fescues
  8. Complex Festuca Ovina
  9. Sheep's Fescue

species 2,823 observations

Sheep's Fescue

Festuca ovina

Status
introduced
Traits
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Supports All

28 native animals
supported in the US
  • Caterpillars Moths and butterflies raised on it Common Branded Skipper, Pearl Veneer, White-veined Arctic, Nevada Skipper 9
  • Plant eaters Animals that feed on it Mallard, Common Raven, Eurasian Jackdaw, Redpoll 19

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Key traits

Layer
Grasses and sedges
Plant type
Ornamental grasses and sedges Perennial

From USDA PLANTS.

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