Idaho Fescue
Festuca idahoensis
Fine-textured, blue-green bunchgrass forming tidy tufts topped by airy seed heads. A cool-season backbone of western grasslands and an excellent meadow grass.
- Family
- Poaceae
- Type
- grass
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 2–2 ft
- Spacing
- 0.5–1 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- April, May, June, July
- Bloom colors
- yellow
- Wildlife value
- songbirds, larval host
- Landscape uses
- border, container, naturalizing
- Native states
- AZ, CA, CO, ID, MT, NM, NV, OR, SD, UT, WA, WY
Related native plants
More Festuca species
- California Fescue (Festuca californica)
- Red Fescue (Festuca rubra)
- Roemer's Fescue (Festuca roemeri)
- Western Fescue (Festuca occidentalis)
- Arizona Fescue (Festuca arizonica)