Western Fescue
Festuca occidentalis
Western fescue is a fine-leaved, shade-tolerant bunchgrass of western forests and woodland edges, forming soft tufts under trees where few grasses thrive.
- Family
- Poaceae
- Type
- grass
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 3–3 ft
- Spacing
- 1–1.5 ft apart
- Light
- part shade
- Soil moisture
- dry, moist
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral
- Bloom
- March, April, May, June, July
- Bloom colors
- yellow
- Wildlife value
- songbirds, larval host, mammals
- Landscape uses
- specimen, border, naturalizing
- Native states
- AK, CA, ID, MI, MT, OR, SD, UT, WA, WI, WY
Related native plants
More Festuca species
- Idaho Fescue (Festuca idahoensis)
- California Fescue (Festuca californica)
- Red Fescue (Festuca rubra)
- Roemer's Fescue (Festuca roemeri)
- Arizona Fescue (Festuca arizonica)