Genus: Festuca — fescue
Use florets near the tips of the spikelets to determine the length of the awns on the lemmas. Use newer leaves to check for the amount of the sheath that is closed. Reference: Darbyshire and Pavlick (2007).
Family
This genus’s species in New England
- Festuca brachyphylla
- Festuca filiformis
- Festuca ovina
- Festuca prolifera
- Festuca rubra
- Festuca subverticillata
- Festuca trachyphylla
Visit this genus in the Dichotomous Key