Festuca occidentalis

Taxobox
name = "Festuca occidentalis"

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image_width = 220px
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Liliopsida
ordo = Poales
familia = Poaceae
genus = "Festuca"
species = "F. occidentalis"
binomial = "Festuca occidentalis"
binomial_authority = Hook.

"Festuca occidentalis" is a species of grass known by the common name western fescue. It is native to much of the northern half of North America and is most widely distributed in the west. It is most often found in forest and woodland habitat. This fescue is a densely or loosely clumping grass with very thin stems reaching maximum heights of around one meter. The soft leaves reach up to about 25 meters in length and are somewhat hairlike. The inflorescence has one or two very thin branches bearing spikelets 6 to 12 millimeters long. There are no rhizomes.

External links

* [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?8738,9015,9023 Jepson Manual Treatment]
* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=FEOC USDA Plants Profile]
* [http://herbarium.usu.edu/webmanual/info2.asp?name=Festuca_occidentalis&type=treatment Grass Manual Treatment]
* [http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Festuca+occidentalis Photo gallery]