680 Species of Genus Festuca

My Fascination with Fescue: A Deep Dive into a Diverse Genus

As a lifelong botany enthusiast, I’ve always been drawn to the quiet beauty and remarkable adaptability of grasses. Among them, the genus Festuca – the fescues – holds a special place in my heart. These unassuming plants, often overlooked in favor of flashier blooms, are a testament to nature’s resilience and understated elegance.

Fescues are a diverse bunch, with over 600 species spread across the globe. You’ll find them thriving in a variety of habitats, from windswept coastal dunes to alpine meadows, and even in the cracks of city sidewalks. This remarkable adaptability is a testament to their hardiness and evolutionary success.

Understanding the Fescue Family

What exactly makes a fescue a fescue? Well, like all living things, they share certain characteristics that define them as a group. Fescues are typically perennial, meaning they live for more than two years. They form dense tufts or bunches, their leaves slender and often rolled or folded. Their flowers, though not showy, are arranged in delicate panicles, often tinged with purple, green, or gold.

One of the things that fascinates me most about fescues is their ecological importance. They play a vital role in preventing soil erosion, provide food and shelter for wildlife, and contribute to the overall health of grasslands and meadows. Some species, like tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea), are even cultivated as forage crops for livestock.

A Closer Look at Species

  1. Festuca abyssinica A.Rich.
  2. Festuca acamptophylla (St.-Yves) E.B.Alexeev
  3. Festuca acanthophylla É.Desv.
  4. Festuca achtarovii Velchev & P.Vassil.
  5. Festuca actae Connor
  6. Festuca actiophyta (M.I.Gut.) Izco & Rivas Mart.
  7. Festuca acuminata Gaudin
  8. Festuca adamovicii (St.-Yves) Markgr.-Dann.
  9. Festuca adanensis Markgr.-Dann.
  10. Festuca afghanica Bor
  11. Festuca aguana E.B.Alexeev
  12. Festuca agustini Linding.
  13. Festuca airoides Lam.
  14. Festuca akhanii Tzvelev
  15. Festuca alaica Drobow
  16. Festuca alatavica (St.-Yves) Roshev.
  17. Festuca albensis M.Toman
  18. Festuca albifolia Reverd.
  19. Festuca albomontana Aykurt, Çıngay, Sümbül & Cabi
  20. Festuca alexeenkoi E.B.Alexeev
  21. Festuca alfrediana Foggi & Signorini
  22. Festuca algeriensis Trab.
  23. Festuca aloha Catalán, Soreng & P.M.Peterson
  24. Festuca alopecuros Schousb.
  25. Festuca alpestris Roem. & Schult.
  26. Festuca alpina Suter
  27. Festuca altaica Trin.
  28. Festuca altissima All.
  29. Festuca altopyrenaica Fuente & Ortúñez
  30. Festuca ambigua Le Gall
  31. Festuca amblyodes V.I.Krecz. & Bobrov
  32. Festuca amethystina L.
  33. Festuca ampla Hack.
  34. Festuca amplissima Rupr. ex Galeotti
  35. Festuca amurensis E.B.Alexeev
  36. Festuca anatolica Markgr.-Dann.
  37. Festuca ancachsana E.B.Alexeev
  38. Festuca andicola Kunth
  39. Festuca antucensis (Trin.) Steud.
  40. Festuca apuanica Markgr.-Dann.
  41. Festuca aquisgranensis Patzke & G.Br.
  42. Festuca aragonensis (Willk.) Fuente & Ortúñez
  43. Festuca arenaria Osbeck
  44. Festuca arenicola (Prodan) Soó
  45. Festuca argentina (Speg.) Parodi
  46. Festuca argentinensis (St.-Yves) Türpe
  47. Festuca arizonica Vasey
  48. Festuca armoricana Kerguélen
  49. Festuca artvinensis Markgr.-Dann.
  50. Festuca arvernensis Auquier, Kerguélen & Markgr.-Dann.
  51. Festuca asperella E.B.Alexeev
  52. Festuca asperula Vickery
  53. Festuca asplundii E.B.Alexeev
  54. Festuca asthenica Stapf
  55. Festuca atlantica Duval-Jouve
  56. Festuca auquieri Kerguélen
  57. Festuca auriculata Drobow
  58. Festuca australis Nees ex Steud.
  59. Festuca austrodolomitica Pils & Prosser
  60. Festuca austrouralensis Kulikov
  61. Festuca azgarica E.B.Alexeev
  62. Festuca azucarica E.B.Alexeev
  63. Festuca baffinensis Polunin
  64. Festuca bajacaliforniana Gonz.-Led. & S.D.Koch
  65. Festuca balcanica (Acht.) Markgr.-Dann.
  66. Festuca bargusinensis Malyschev
  67. Festuca bauzanina (Pils) S.Arndt
  68. Festuca beamanii E.B.Alexeev
  69. Festuca beckeri (Hack.) Trautv.
  70. Festuca × belensis M.Toman
  71. Festuca benthamiana Vickery
  72. Festuca bhutanica E.B.Alexeev
  73. Festuca bidenticulata E.B.Alexeev
  74. Festuca billyi Kerguélen & Plonka
  75. Festuca boissieri Amo
  76. Festuca boliviana E.B.Alexeev
  77. Festuca borbonica Spreng.
  78. Festuca borderei (Hack.) K.Richt.
  79. Festuca boriana E.B.Alexeev
  80. Festuca borissii Reverd.
  81. Festuca bosniaca Kumm. & Sendtn.
  82. Festuca boyacensis Stancík
  83. Festuca brachyphylla Schult. & Schult.f.
  84. Festuca breistrofferi Chas, Kerguélen & Plonka
  85. Festuca breviaristata Pilg.
  86. Festuca breviglumis Swallen
  87. Festuca brevipaleata (St.-Yves) E.B.Alexeev
  88. Festuca breviramea Enustsch.
  89. Festuca brevis (Boiss. & Kotschy) Asch., Schweinf. & Muschl.
  90. Festuca brevissima Jurtzev
  91. Festuca brigantina (Markgr.-Dann.) Markgr.-Dann.
  92. Festuca bromoides L.
  93. Festuca brunnescens (Tzvelev) Galushko
  94. Festuca bucegiensis Markgr.-Dann.
  95. Festuca burgundiana Auquier & Kerguélen
  96. Festuca burmanica E.B.Alexeev
  97. Festuca burnatii St.-Yves
  98. Festuca bushiana (St.-Yves) Tzvelev
  99. Festuca cajamarcae Pilg.
  100. Festuca calabrica Huter, Porta & Rigo
  101. Festuca calcarea Denchev
  102. Festuca caldasii (Kunth) Kunth
  103. Festuca californica Vasey
  104. Festuca callieri (Hack. ex St.-Yves) Markgr.
  105. Festuca calligera (Piper) Rydb.
  106. Festuca callosa (Piper) St.-Yves
  107. Festuca calva (Hack.) K.Richt.
  108. Festuca camerunensis E.B.Alexeev
  109. Festuca campestris Rydb.
  110. Festuca camusiana St.-Yves
  111. Festuca capillifolia Dufour ex Roem. & Schult.
  112. Festuca cappadocica (Hack.) Markgr.-Dann.
  113. Festuca caprina Nees
  114. Festuca captiosa Charit.
  115. Festuca carazana Pilg.
  116. Festuca carchiensis Stancík
  117. Festuca carnuntina R.Tracey
  118. Festuca carpatica F.Dietr.
  119. Festuca carrascana Stancík & Renvoize
  120. Festuca cartagana E.B.Alexeev
  121. Festuca casapaltensis Ball
  122. Festuca catalanae Enustsch. & Prob.
  123. Festuca cataonica (Hack. ex Boiss.) Markgr.-Dann.
  124. Festuca caucasica (Boiss.) Hack. ex Trautv.
  125. Festuca chalcophaea V.I.Krecz. & Bobrov
  126. Festuca changduensis L.Liu
  127. Festuca chasii Kerguélen & Plonka
  128. Festuca chelungkingnica D.M.Chang & Skvortsov ex S.L.Lu
  129. Festuca chimborazensis E.B.Alexeev
  130. Festuca chiriquensis Swallen
  131. Festuca chita Stancík
  132. Festuca chitagana Stancík
  133. Festuca chodatiana (St.-Yves) E.B.Alexeev
  134. Festuca christianii-bernardii Kerguélen
  135. Festuca chrysophylla Phil.
  136. Festuca chumbiensis E.B.Alexeev
  137. Festuca chuquisacae Stancík & Renvoize
  138. Festuca cinerea Vill.
  139. Festuca circinata Griseb.
  140. Festuca cirrosa (Speg.) Parodi
  141. Festuca claytonii E.B.Alexeev
  142. Festuca cleefiana E.B.Alexeev
  143. Festuca clementei Boiss.
  144. Festuca coahuilana Gonz.-Led. & S.D.Koch
  145. Festuca cochabambana E.B.Alexeev
  146. Festuca cocuyana Stancík
  147. Festuca coelestis (St.-Yves) V.I.Krecz. & Bobrov
  148. Festuca colombiana E.B.Alexeev
  149. Festuca compressifolia J.Presl
  150. Festuca confusa Piper
  151. Festuca contracta Kirk
  152. Festuca copei Renvoize
  153. Festuca cordubensis Devesa
  154. Festuca coromotensis Briceño
  155. Festuca costata Nees
  156. Festuca costei (St.-Yves) Markgr.-Dann.
  157. Festuca coxii (Petrie) Hack.
  158. Festuca cratericola Markgr.-Dann.
  159. Festuca cretacea T.I.Popov ex Proskor.
  160. Festuca crispatopilosa Bor
  161. Festuca cryptantha Cope
  162. Festuca csikhegyensis Simonk.
  163. Festuca cumminsii Stapf
  164. Festuca cundinamarcae E.B.Alexeev
  165. Festuca curvula Gaudin
  166. Festuca cuzcoensis Stancík & P.M.Peterson
  167. Festuca cyllenica Boiss. & Heldr.
  168. Festuca cynosuroides Desf.
  169. Festuca cyrnea (St.-Yves & Litard.) Signorini, Foggi & E.Nardi
  170. Festuca dahurica (St.-Yves) V.I.Krecz. & Bobrov
  171. Festuca dalmatica (Hack.) K.Richt.
  172. Festuca dasyantha Kunth
  173. Festuca dasyclada Beal
  174. Festuca debilis (Stapf) E.B.Alexeev
  175. Festuca decolorata Markgr.-Dann.
  176. Festuca deflexa Connor
  177. Festuca degenii (St.-Yves) Markgr.-Dann.
  178. Festuca delicatula Lag.
  179. Festuca densiflora Tovar
  180. Festuca densipaniculata E.B.Alexeev
  181. Festuca dentiflora E.B.Alexeev ex Stancík & P.M.Peterson
  182. Festuca dertosensis Pyke & L.Sáez
  183. Festuca deserti (Coss. & Durieu) Trab.
  184. Festuca devesae Mart.-Sagarra
  185. Festuca dichoclada Pilg.
  186. Festuca diclina Darbysh.
  187. Festuca dimorpha Guss.
  188. Festuca dinirica Stancík
  189. Festuca discreta F.M.Vázquez
  190. Festuca dissitiflora Steud. ex Griseb.
  191. Festuca distichovaginata Pilg.
  192. Festuca divergens Tovar
  193. Festuca djimilensis Boiss. & Balansa
  194. Festuca djurdjurae (Trab.) Romo
  195. Festuca dolichantha Keng ex Keng f.
  196. Festuca dolichathera Röser & Tkach
  197. Festuca dolichophylla J.Presl
  198. Festuca donax Lowe
  199. Festuca dracomontana H.P.Linder
  200. Festuca drakensbergensis Sylvester, Soreng & M.D.P.V.Sylvester
  201. Festuca drymeja Mert. & W.D.J.Koch
  202. Festuca duriotagana Franco & Rocha Afonso
  203. Festuca durissima (Hack.) Kerguélen
  204. Festuca duvalii (St.-Yves) Stohr
  205. Festuca dyris (Maire & Trab.) Romo
  206. Festuca earlei Rydb.
  207. Festuca ebeliana Enustsch.
  208. Festuca edlundiae S.G.Aiken, Consaul & Lefk.
  209. Festuca eggleri R.Tracey
  210. Festuca elata Keng ex E.B.Alexeev
  211. Festuca elbrusica E.B.Alexeev
  212. Festuca elegans Boiss.
  213. Festuca elgonensis E.B.Alexeev
  214. Festuca elmeri Scribn. & Merr.
  215. Festuca elviae Briceño
  216. Festuca elwendiana Markgr.-Dann.
  217. Festuca eriobasis H.Scholz
  218. Festuca eskia Ramond ex DC.
  219. Festuca eugenii Kulikov
  220. Festuca exaristata E.B.Alexeev
  221. Festuca extremiorientalis Ohwi
  222. Festuca fabrei Kerguélen & Plonka
  223. Festuca fasciculata Forssk.
  224. Festuca fascinata S.L.Lu
  225. Festuca fiebrigii Pilg.
  226. Festuca filiformis Pourr.
  227. Festuca fimbriata Nees
  228. Festuca flacca Hack. ex E.B.Alekseev
  229. Festuca flavescens Bellardi
  230. Festuca floribunda (Pilg.) P.M.Peterson, Soreng & Romasch.
  231. Festuca forrestii St.-Yves
  232. Festuca fragilis (Luces) Briceño
  233. Festuca francoi Fern.Prieto, C.Aguiar, E.Días & M.I.Gut.
  234. Festuca frederikseniae E.B.Alexeev
  235. Festuca frigida (Hack.) K.Richt.
  236. Festuca galicicae Horvat ex Markgr.-Dann.
  237. Festuca galiciensis Bednarska
  238. Festuca gamisansii Kerguélen
  239. Festuca gautieri (Hack.) K.Richt.
  240. Festuca geniculata (L.) Lag. & Rodr.
  241. Festuca georgii E.B.Alexeev
  242. Festuca gilbertiana E.B.Alexeev ex S.M.Phillips
  243. Festuca giraldoi J.C.Ospina & Picca
  244. Festuca glabrata Tovar
  245. Festuca glacialis Miégev.
  246. Festuca glauca Vill.
  247. Festuca glauciola Charit.
  248. Festuca glaucispicula Markgr.-Dann.
  249. Festuca glumosa Hack. ex E.B.Alekseev
  250. Festuca glyceriantha Pilg.
  251. Festuca goloskokovii E.B.Alexeev
  252. Festuca × gonzalez-ledesmae Darbysh.
  253. Festuca gracilior (Hack.) Markgr.-Dann.
  254. Festuca gracillima Hook.f.
  255. Festuca graeca (Hack.) Markgr.-Dann.
  256. Festuca grandiaristata Markgr.-Dann.
  257. Festuca gredensis Fuente & Ortúñez
  258. Festuca greuteri Mart.-Sagarra & Devesa
  259. Festuca × grodnensis Tretjakov
  260. Festuca guaramacalana Stancík
  261. Festuca guestfalica Boenn. ex Rchb.
  262. Festuca gypsophila Hack.
  263. Festuca × hackelii Beck
  264. Festuca halleri All.
  265. Festuca hallii (Vasey) Piper
  266. Festuca hartmannii (Markgr.-Dann.) E.B.Alexeev
  267. Festuca hatico Stancík
  268. Festuca hawaiiensis Hitchc.
  269. Festuca hedbergii E.B.Alexeev
  270. Festuca hedgei (Bor) E.B.Alexeev
  271. Festuca heldreichii (Hack.) E.B.Alexeev
  272. Festuca henriquesii Hack.
  273. Festuca hephaestophila Nees ex Steud.
  274. Festuca hercegovinica Markgr.-Dann.
  275. Festuca herrerae Davidse
  276. Festuca heteromalla Pourr.
  277. Festuca heteropachys (St.-Yves) Patzke ex Auquier
  278. Festuca heterophylla Lam.
  279. Festuca hieronymi Hack.
  280. Festuca hintoniana E.B.Alexeev
  281. Festuca hircina Enustsch. & Prob.
  282. Festuca hirtiglumis (Boiss. & Hausskn.) Sennikov
  283. Festuca hirtovaginata (Acht.) Markgr.-Dann.
  284. Festuca hirtula (Hack. ex Travis) Kerguélen
  285. Festuca holubii Stancík
  286. Festuca hondae E.B.Alexeev
  287. Festuca hondoensis (Ohwi) Ohwi
  288. Festuca horridula Pilg.
  289. Festuca horvatiana Markgr.-Dann.
  290. Festuca huamachucensis Infantes
  291. Festuca hubsugulica Krivot.
  292. Festuca humbertii Litard. & Maire
  293. Festuca humilior Nees & Meyen
  294. Festuca huonii Auquier
  295. Festuca hyperborea Holmen
  296. Festuca hypsophila Phil.
  297. Festuca hystrix Boiss.
  298. Festuca iberica (Hack.) K.Richt.
  299. Festuca idahoensis Elmer
  300. Festuca igoschiniae Tzvelev
  301. Festuca ilgazensis Markgr.-Dann.
  302. Festuca illyrica Markgr.-Dann.
  303. Festuca imbaburensis Stancík
  304. Festuca imperatrix Catonica
  305. Festuca inarticulata Pilg.
  306. Festuca incurva (Gouan) Gutermann
  307. Festuca incurvatifolia C.Chatel., Dobignard, Jeanm. & J.F.Léger
  308. Festuca indigesta Boiss.
  309. Festuca inguschetica E.B.Alexeev
  310. Festuca inops De Not.
  311. Festuca intercedens Lüdi ex Bech.
  312. Festuca iranica E.B.Alexeev
  313. Festuca irtyshensis E.B.Alexeev
  314. Festuca itelmenorum Enustsch. & Prob.
  315. Festuca jacutica Drobow
  316. Festuca jaliscana E.B.Alexeev
  317. Festuca jansenii Markgr.-Dann. ex P.Royen
  318. Festuca japonica Makino
  319. Festuca javorkae Májovský
  320. Festuca × jierru Nava
  321. Festuca jubata Lowe
  322. Festuca junatovii E.B.Alexeev
  323. Festuca juncifolia St.-Amans
  324. Festuca kamtschatica (St.-Yves) Tzvelev
  325. Festuca kansuensis Markgr.-Dann.
  326. Festuca karaginensis Enustsch. & Prob.
  327. Festuca karavaevii E.B.Alexeev
  328. Festuca karsiana E.B.Alexeev
  329. Festuca kashmiriana Stapf
  330. Festuca kemerovensis Chus.
  331. Festuca kerneri J.Vetter
  332. Festuca killickii Kenn.-O’Byrne
  333. Festuca kingii (S.Watson) Cassidy
  334. Festuca × kolesnikovii Tzvelev
  335. Festuca kolymensis Drobow
  336. Festuca komarovii Krivot.
  337. Festuca korabensis (Jáv. ex Markgr.-Dann.) Markgr.-Dann.
  338. Festuca koritnicensis Hayek & J.Vetter
  339. Festuca kozanensis Foggi & Joch.Müll.
  340. Festuca kozhevnikovii Enustsch. & Prob.
  341. Festuca krivotulenkoae E.B.Alexeev
  342. Festuca kryloviana Reverd.
  343. Festuca kuprijanovii Chus.
  344. Festuca kurtschumica E.B.Alexeev
  345. Festuca kurtziana St.-Yves
  346. Festuca lachenalii (C.C.Gmel.) Spenn.
  347. Festuca ladyginii Tzvelev
  348. Festuca laegaardii Stancík
  349. Festuca laevigata Gaudin
  350. Festuca lahonderei Kerguélen & Plonka
  351. Festuca lanatifolia Tovar
  352. Festuca lanifera E.B.Alexeev
  353. Festuca lapidosa (Degen) Markgr.-Dann.
  354. Festuca lasiorrhachis Pilg.
  355. Festuca laxa Host
  356. Festuca lazistanica E.B.Alexeev
  357. Festuca lemanii T.Bastard
  358. Festuca lenensis Drobow
  359. Festuca leptopogon Stapf
  360. Festuca levingei Stapf
  361. Festuca ligulata Swallen
  362. Festuca ligustica (All.) Bertol.
  363. Festuca lilloi Hack.
  364. Festuca linigluma J.C.Ospina, Sylvester & M.D.P.V.Sylvester
  365. Festuca litardiereana Maire
  366. Festuca litvinovii (Tzvelev) E.B.Alexeev
  367. Festuca livida (Kunth) Willd. ex Spreng.
  368. Festuca liviensis (Verg.) Markgr.-Dann.
  369. Festuca longiauriculata Fuente, Ortúñez & Ferrero Lom.
  370. Festuca longifolia Thuill.
  371. Festuca longigluma Tovar
  372. Festuca longiglumis S.L.Lu
  373. Festuca longiligula Darbysh.
  374. Festuca longipanicula Markgr.-Dann.
  375. Festuca longipes Stapf
  376. Festuca longivaginata Tovar
  377. Festuca luciarum Connor
  378. Festuca lucida Stapf
  379. Festuca lugens (E.Fourn.) Hitchc. ex Hern.-Xol.
  380. Festuca macedonica J.Vetter
  381. Festuca macra (Stapf) E.B.Alexeev
  382. Festuca macrophylla Hochst. ex A.Rich.
  383. Festuca madida Connor
  384. Festuca magellanica Lam.
  385. Festuca makutrensis Zapał.
  386. Festuca maleschevica Velchev & P.Vassil.
  387. Festuca marcopetrii Veldkamp
  388. Festuca marginata (Hack.) K.Richt.
  389. Festuca maritima L.
  390. Festuca markgrafiae Veldkamp
  391. Festuca masafuerana (Skottsb. & Pilg.) Röser & Tkach
  392. Festuca masatierrae Röser & Tkach
  393. Festuca matthewsii (Hack.) Cheeseman
  394. Festuca mekiste Clayton
  395. Festuca membranacea (L.) Druce
  396. Festuca michaelis Cebolla & Rivas Ponce
  397. Festuca microstachys Nutt.
  398. Festuca minutiflora Rydb.
  399. Festuca × miscella Darbysh.
  400. Festuca modesta Steud.
  401. Festuca molokaiensis Soreng, P.M.Peterson & Catalán
  402. Festuca mongolica (S.R.Liou & Ma) Y.Z.Zhao
  403. Festuca monguensis Stancík
  404. Festuca monticola Phil.
  405. Festuca morisiana Parl.
  406. Festuca muelleri Vickery
  407. Festuca multinodis Petrie & Hack.
  408. Festuca muralis Kunth
  409. Festuca musbelica (Reverd.) Ikonn.
  410. Festuca myuros L.
  411. Festuca nandadevica Hajra
  412. Festuca × napocae Prodan
  413. Festuca nardifolia Griseb.
  414. Festuca nemoralis Türpe
  415. Festuca nepalica E.B.Alexeev
  416. Festuca nereidaensis Stancík
  417. Festuca nevadensis (Hack.) Markgr.-Dann.
  418. Festuca nigrescens Lam.
  419. Festuca nigriflora (Hitchc.) Negritto & Anton
  420. Festuca niphobia (St.-Yves) Kerguélen
  421. Festuca niphobioides Boeuf & Hardion
  422. Festuca nitida Kit. ex Schult.
  423. Festuca nitidula Stapf
  424. Festuca norica (Hack.) K.Richt.
  425. Festuca novae-zelandiae (Hack.) Cockayne
  426. Festuca nubigena Jungh.
  427. Festuca nuda (Hack. ex Takeda) Koba, H.Ikeda & Yonek.
  428. Festuca numidica (Trab.) Romo
  429. Festuca obturbans St.-Yves
  430. Festuca occidentalis Hook.
  431. Festuca occitanica (Litard.) Auquier & Kerguélen
  432. Festuca ochroleuca Timb.-Lagr.
  433. Festuca octoflora Walter
  434. Festuca oelandica (Hack.) K.Richt.
  435. Festuca × oenensis Vetter
  436. Festuca olchonensis E.B.Alexeev
  437. Festuca olympica J.Vetter
  438. Festuca ophioliticola Kerguélen
  439. Festuca orientalis (Boiss.) B.Fedtsch.
  440. Festuca orizabensis E.B.Alexeev
  441. Festuca oroana Stancík
  442. Festuca × osswaldii Wein
  443. Festuca ovina L.
  444. Festuca oviniformis J.Vetter
  445. Festuca × pachyphylla Degen ex Nyár.
  446. Festuca pallens Host
  447. Festuca pallescens (St.-Yves) Parodi
  448. Festuca pallidula E.B.Alexeev
  449. Festuca pamirica Tzvelev
  450. Festuca pampeana Speg.
  451. Festuca panciciana (Hack.) K.Richt.
  452. Festuca panda Swallen
  453. Festuca paphlagonica (St.-Yves) Markgr.-Dann.
  454. Festuca papuana Stapf
  455. Festuca paradoxa Desv.
  456. Festuca parciflora Swallen
  457. Festuca parodiana (St.-Yves) Nicora
  458. Festuca parodii St.-Yves
  459. Festuca parvigluma Steud.
  460. Festuca parvipaleata Jansen
  461. Festuca parvipaniculata Hitchc.
  462. Festuca patzkei Markgr.-Dann.
  463. Festuca paucispicula Fuente & Sánchez Mata
  464. Festuca paucispiculata Charit.
  465. Festuca pectinella Delile
  466. Festuca penzesii (Acht.) Markgr.-Dann.
  467. Festuca peristerea (J.Vetter) Markgr.-Dann.
  468. Festuca perrieri A.Camus
  469. Festuca peruviana Infantes
  470. Festuca petraea Guthnick ex Seub.
  471. Festuca picoeuropeana Nava
  472. Festuca picturata Pils
  473. Festuca pilar-franceii Stancík
  474. Festuca pilgeri St.-Yves
  475. Festuca pilosella E.B.Alexeev
  476. Festuca pindica (Markgr.-Dann.) Markgr.-Dann.
  477. Festuca pinifolia (Hack. ex Boiss.) Bornm.
  478. Festuca pirinica Horvat ex Markgr.-Dann.
  479. Festuca plebeia Vickery
  480. Festuca plicata Hack.
  481. Festuca × pocutica Zapał.
  482. Festuca pohleana E.B.Alexeev
  483. Festuca polita (Halácsy) Tzvelev
  484. Festuca poluninii E.B.Alexeev
  485. Festuca polycolea Stapf
  486. Festuca pontica Markgr.-Dann.
  487. Festuca popovii E.B.Alexeev
  488. Festuca porcii Hack.
  489. Festuca portaliana Dobignard
  490. Festuca potaninii Tzvelev & E.B.Alexeev
  491. Festuca praetermissa Charit.
  492. Festuca presliana Hitchc.
  493. Festuca primae E.B.Alexeev
  494. Festuca pringlei St.-Yves
  495. Festuca probatovae E.B.Alexeev
  496. Festuca procera Kunth
  497. Festuca prolifera (Piper) Fernald
  498. Festuca prudhommei Kerguélen & Plonka
  499. Festuca psammophila (Hack. ex Čelak.) Fritsch
  500. Festuca pseudodalmatica Krajina
  501. Festuca pseudodura Steud.
  502. Festuca pseudoeskia Boiss.
  503. Festuca pseudosclerophylla Krivot.
  504. Festuca pseudosulcata Drobow
  505. Festuca pseudosupina J.Vetter
  506. Festuca pseudotrichophylla Patzke
  507. Festuca pseudovaginata Penksza
  508. Festuca × pseudovaria J.Vetter
  509. Festuca pseudovivipara (Pavlick) Pavlick
  510. Festuca pubigluma Tovar
  511. Festuca pubiglumis S.L.Lu
  512. Festuca puccinellii Parl.
  513. Festuca pulchella Schrad.
  514. Festuca pulchra Schur
  515. Festuca pulveridolomiana Höcker & T.Gregor
  516. Festuca pumila Chaix
  517. Festuca punctoria Sm.
  518. Festuca purpurascens Banks & Sol. ex Hook.f.
  519. Festuca pyrenaica Reut.
  520. Festuca pyrogea Speg.
  521. Festuca quadridentata Kunth
  522. Festuca quadriflora Walter
  523. Festuca queriana Litard.
  524. Festuca raddei Enustsch. & Prob.
  525. Festuca rechingeri E.B.Alexeev
  526. Festuca renvoizei Stancík
  527. Festuca reverchonii Hack.
  528. Festuca richardsonii Hook.
  529. Festuca rifana Litard. & Maire
  530. Festuca rigescens (J.Presl) Kunth
  531. Festuca rigidifolia Tovar
  532. Festuca rigidiuscula E.B.Alexeev
  533. Festuca riloensis (Hack. ex Hayek) Markgr.-Dann.
  534. Festuca × ripensis M.Toman
  535. Festuca rivularis Boiss.
  536. Festuca robinsoniana (C.M.Peña) Röser & Tkach
  537. Festuca roblensis Gonz.-Led.
  538. Festuca robustifolia Markgr.-Dann.
  539. Festuca roigii Dubc. & Ru´golo
  540. Festuca rosei Piper
  541. Festuca rothmaleri (Litard.) Markgr.-Dann.
  542. Festuca rubra L.
  543. Festuca rupicaprina (Hack.) A.Kern.
  544. Festuca rupicola Heuff.
  545. Festuca ruprechtii (Boiss.) V.I.Krecz. & Bobrov
  546. Festuca × rurivaga Tretjakov
  547. Festuca rzedowskiana E.B.Alexeev
  548. Festuca sabalanica E.B.Alexeev
  549. Festuca salzmannii (Boiss.) Boiss. ex Coss.
  550. Festuca samensis Joch.Müll.
  551. Festuca sanctae-martae Stancík
  552. Festuca sanjappae Chandra Sek. & S.K.Srivast.
  553. Festuca sardoa (Hack.) K.Richt.
  554. Festuca saurica E.B.Alexeev
  555. Festuca × savulescui Prodan
  556. Festuca saxatilis Schur
  557. Festuca saximontana Rydb.
  558. Festuca scabra Vahl
  559. Festuca scabriculmis (Hack.) K.Richt.
  560. Festuca scabrifolia Renvoize
  561. Festuca scariosa (Lag.) Pau
  562. Festuca schischkinii Krivot.
  563. Festuca scholziana Domina & El Mokni
  564. Festuca sclerophylla Boiss. ex Bisch.
  565. Festuca serana Markgr.-Dann.
  566. Festuca setifolia Steud. ex Griseb.
  567. Festuca sibirica Hack. ex Boiss.
  568. Festuca sicula C.Presl
  569. Festuca sikkimensis E.B.Alexeev
  570. Festuca simensis Hochst. ex A.Rich.
  571. Festuca simlensis (Stapf) E.B.Alexeev
  572. Festuca simpliciuscula (Hack.) E.B.Alexeev
  573. Festuca sinensis Keng ex E.B.Alexeev
  574. Festuca sinomutica Xiang Chen & S.M.Phillips
  575. Festuca sipylea (Hack.) Markgr.-Dann.
  576. Festuca × sjuzevii Kulikov
  577. Festuca skrjabinii E.B.Alexeev
  578. Festuca skvortsovii E.B.Alexeev
  579. Festuca sodiroana Hack. ex E.B.Alekseev
  580. Festuca sommieri Litard.
  581. Festuca soratana E.B.Alexeev
  582. Festuca sororia Piper
  583. Festuca × soshensis Tretjakov
  584. Festuca soukupii Stancík
  585. Festuca spectabilis Bertol.
  586. Festuca spiralifibrosa Vetter
  587. Festuca staroplaninica Velchev
  588. Festuca stebeckii Renvoize
  589. Festuca steinbachii E.B.Alexeev
  590. Festuca stenantha (Hack.) K.Richt.
  591. Festuca stojanovii (Acht.) Foggi & Petrova
  592. Festuca stricta Host
  593. Festuca subalpina D.M.Chang & Skvortsov
  594. Festuca subantarctica Parodi
  595. Festuca subhirtella (Krajina ex Domin) M.Toman
  596. Festuca subpinicola Charit.
  597. Festuca subulata Trin.
  598. Festuca subuliflora Scribn.
  599. Festuca subulifolia Benth.
  600. Festuca subverticillata (Pers.) E.B.Alexeev
  601. Festuca sudanensis E.B.Alexeev
  602. Festuca sumapana Stancík
  603. Festuca sumatrana Jansen
  604. Festuca summilusitana Franco & Rocha Afonso
  605. Festuca superba Parodi ex Türpe
  606. Festuca swallenii E.B.Alexeev
  607. Festuca talamancensis Davidse
  608. Festuca tancitaroensis Gonz.-Led. & S.D.Koch
  609. Festuca tarmensis Pilg.
  610. Festuca tatrae (Czakó) Degen
  611. Festuca taurica (Hack.) A.Kern. ex Hack.
  612. Festuca tectoria St.-Yves
  613. Festuca teneriffae Roth
  614. Festuca tenuissima Charit.
  615. Festuca thracica (Acht.) Markgr.-Dann.
  616. Festuca thurberi Vasey
  617. Festuca tibetica (Stapf) E.B.Alexeev
  618. Festuca ticinensis (Markgr.-Dann.) Markgr.-Dann.
  619. Festuca toboliensis Charit.
  620. Festuca toca Stancík
  621. Festuca tolucensis Kunth
  622. Festuca tovarensis Stancík & P.M.Peterson
  623. Festuca trabutii E.B.Alexeev
  624. Festuca trachyphylla (Hack.) Hack.
  625. Festuca transcaucasica (St.-Yves) Tzvelev
  626. Festuca trichophylla (Ducros ex Gaudin) K.Richt.
  627. Festuca trichovagina F.Z.Li
  628. Festuca tristis Krylov & Ivanitzk.
  629. Festuca trollii E.B.Alexeev
  630. Festuca tschatkalica E.B.Alexeev
  631. Festuca tschujensis Reverd.
  632. Festuca turimiquirensis Stancík & P.M.Peterson
  633. Festuca tzvelevii E.B.Alexeev
  634. Festuca ulochaeta Steud.
  635. Festuca ultramafica Connor
  636. Festuca undata Stapf
  637. Festuca unicicaulina Charit.
  638. Festuca uninodis Hack. ex Stuck.
  639. Festuca uralensis (Tzvelev) E.B.Alexeev
  640. Festuca urubambana Stancík
  641. Festuca ustulata (Hack. ex St.-Yves) Markgr.-Dann.
  642. Festuca vaginalis (Benth.) Laegaard
  643. Festuca vaginata Waldst. & Kit. ex Willd.
  644. Festuca valdesii Gonz.-Led. & S.D.Koch
  645. Festuca valentina (St.-Yves) Markgr.-Dann.
  646. Festuca valesiaca Schleich. ex Gaudin
  647. Festuca valida (R.Uechtr.) Pénzes
  648. Festuca vandovii Denchev
  649. Festuca varia Haenke
  650. Festuca vasconcensis (Markgr.-Dann.) Auquier & Kerguélen
  651. Festuca venezuelana Stancík
  652. Festuca ventanicola Speg.
  653. Festuca venusta St.-Yves
  654. Festuca versicolor Tausch
  655. Festuca versuta Beal
  656. Festuca vettonica Fuente, Ortúñez & Ferrero Lom.
  657. Festuca vierhapperi Hand.-Mazz.
  658. Festuca × vihorlatica Májovský
  659. Festuca violacea Ser. ex Gaudin
  660. Festuca viridula Vasey
  661. Festuca vivipara (L.) Sm.
  662. Festuca viviparoidea Krajina ex Pavlick
  663. Festuca vizzavonae Ronniger
  664. Festuca vulpioides Steud.
  665. Festuca wagneri (Degen, Thaisz & Flatt) Krajina
  666. Festuca wallichiana E.B.Alexeev
  667. Festuca washingtonica E.B.Alexeev
  668. Festuca werdermannii St.-Yves
  669. Festuca × wettsteinii Vetter
  670. Festuca willdenowiana Schult. & Schult.f.
  671. Festuca wolgensis P.A.Smirn.
  672. Festuca woodii Stancík
  673. Festuca xanthina Roem. & Schult.
  674. Festuca xenophontis Markgr.-Dann.
  675. Festuca yalaensis Joch.Müll. & Catalán
  676. Festuca yemenensis E.B.Alexeev
  677. Festuca yulungschanica E.B.Alexeev
  678. Festuca yunnanensis St.-Yves
  679. Festuca ziganensis Markgr.-Dann.
  680. Festuca × zobelii Wein

The Importance of Fescue in the World

Beyond their ecological and agricultural significance, fescues also have a cultural and historical connection to humans. For centuries, they have been used for thatching roofs, weaving baskets, and even making musical instruments. In some cultures, fescues have symbolic meaning, representing resilience, abundance, and connection to the earth.

In our modern world, fescues continue to play an important role. They are used in landscaping, erosion control, and even in green roof technology. Researchers are also exploring the potential of fescues in bioremediation, using them to clean up contaminated soils.

My Ongoing Exploration

My journey with fescues is far from over. I continue to be amazed by their diversity, adaptability, and ecological importance. Whether I’m hiking through a meadow, strolling through a park, or simply admiring the lawn in my backyard, I always take a moment to appreciate these remarkable grasses.

I encourage you to do the same. Take a closer look at the fescues around you. Observe their subtle beauty, their resilience, and their quiet contribution to the world. You might be surprised by what you discover.

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