Festuca altissima

RHS Plant Profile
wood fescue

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Other common names

ant hill grass, reed fescue grass, peiswellt y coed

Synonyms

Drymochloa sylvatica
Festuca sylvatica (Pollich) Vill.

Botanical Details

Family
Poaceae
Native to GB/Ireland
Yes
Genus
Festuca can be herbaceous or evergreen, rhizomatous grasses with linear, often strikingly coloured, leaves, and dense or lax panicles of brownish flowers in summer
Name Status
Correct