genus
Fescues
Festuca
Field notes
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- Complex Festuca Rubra 1 native
- Sixweeks Grass native
- California Fescue native
- Valais Fescue present
- Nodding Fescue native
- Blue Fescue introduced
- Idaho Fescue native
- Small Fescue native
- Roemer's Fescue native
- Wood Fescue
- Western Fescue native
- Hard Fescue present
- Furrowed Fescue
- Viviparous Sheep's-fescue
- Big Rough Fescue native
- Rough Fescue present
- Various-leaved Fescue
- Altai Fescue native
- Mountain Fescue native
- Festuca pallens
- Rock Fescue
- Sand Fescue native
- Gravel Fescue
- Texas Fescue native
Range
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.
Top native fescues All
Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Red Fescue
Festuca rubra
keystone
caterpillars
20
food
30
shelter
1
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Sixweeks Grass
Festuca octoflora
keystone
caterpillars
17
food
8
-
Idaho Fescue
Festuca idahoensis
keystone
caterpillars
17
food
7
-
Western Fescue
Festuca occidentalis
keystone
caterpillars
17
food
7
-
Small Fescue
Festuca microstachys
keystone
caterpillars
15
food
6
-
Bearded Fescue
Festuca subulata
keystone
caterpillars
15
food
5
-
Mountain Fescue
Festuca saximontana
keystone
caterpillars
15
food
4
-
Roemer's Fescue
Festuca roemeri
caterpillars
14
food
5
-
Crinkle-awn Fescue
Festuca subuliflora
keystone
caterpillars
13
food
5
-
Spike Fescue
Festuca kingii
caterpillars
13
food
4
-
Mountain Bunch Grass
Festuca viridula
keystone
caterpillars
13
food
4
-
California Fescue
Festuca californica
keystone
caterpillars
12
food
5
-
Shortleaf Fescue
Festuca brachyphylla
keystone
caterpillars
11
food
3
-
Thurber's Fescue
Festuca thurberi
keystone
caterpillars
11
food
3
-
Sand Fescue
Festuca ammobia
keystone
caterpillars
8
food
5