Arizona Fescue
Festuca arizonica
A fine-textured, blue-green bunchgrass of southwestern mountain meadows and ponderosa parklands, forming neat tufts. A drought-tolerant cool-season grass for high, dry sites.
- Family
- Poaceae
- Type
- grass
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 2–2 ft
- Spacing
- 1–1.5 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade
- Soil moisture
- dry, moist
- Soil pH
- neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- July, August, September
- Bloom colors
- green, brown
- Wildlife value
- songbirds, larval host
- Landscape uses
- border, container, naturalizing
- Native states
- AZ, CO, NM, NV, TX, UT
Related native plants
More Festuca species
- Idaho Fescue (Festuca idahoensis)
- California Fescue (Festuca californica)
- Red Fescue (Festuca rubra)
- Roemer's Fescue (Festuca roemeri)
- Western Fescue (Festuca occidentalis)