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
- 1–2.5 ft
- Spacing
- 1–1.5 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade
- Soil moisture
- dry, moist
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral
- Bloom
- May, June
- Bloom colors
- green, brown
- Wildlife value
- songbirds, larval host, mammals
- Landscape uses
- border, naturalizing
- Native states
- CA, ID, MI, MT, OR, WA