Festuca elmeri

Taxobox
name = "Festuca elmeri"

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image_width = 220px
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Liliopsida
ordo = Poales
familia = Poaceae
genus = "Festuca"
species = "F. elmeri"
binomial = "Festuca elmeri"
binomial_authority = Scribn. & Merr.

"Festuca elmeri" is a species of grass known by the common names coast fescue and Elmer's fescue. It is native to the US states of California and Oregon, where it often grows in wet, shady areas in coastal counties. This fescue grows in thin bunches with erect stems reaching up to one meter in height. The leaves are somewhat hairy and 10 to 40 centimeters long. The drooping inflorescence holds spikelets which are each about a centimeter long and have light-colored, hairlike awns.

External links

* [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?8738,9015,9019 Jepson Manual Treatment]
* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=FEEL2 USDA Plants Profile]
* [http://herbarium.usu.edu/webmanual/info2.asp?name=Festuca_elmeri&type=treatment Grass Manual Treatment]
* [http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Festuca+elmeri Photo gallery]