Rough Fescue

Rough Fescue

Taxobox
name = Rought fescue


image_width = 240px
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Liliopsida
ordo = Cyperales
familia = Poaceae
genus = "Festuca"
species = "F. scabrella"
binomial = "Festuca scabrella"
binomial_authority = L.

Rough Fescue ("Festuca scabrella") is a native, perennial bunchgrass found throughout north-western North America. The Canadian province of Alberta is home to the largest area of rough fescue grassland in North America, and hosts the plains ("Festuca hallii"), foothills ("Festuca campestris"), and northern variaties ("Festuca altaica"). Rough fescue is the provincial grass of Alberta.cite web| url=http://www.cd.gov.ab.ca/all_about_us/emblems/Emblems_Booklet_2005.pdf | title= Symbols of Alberta| author=Government of Alberta| authorlink=Government of Alberta|accessdate=2007-01-16]

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