Festuca occidentalis
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Pooideae |
| Genus: | Festuca |
| Species: | F. occidentalis
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| Binomial name | |
| Festuca occidentalis | |
Festuca occidentalis is a species of grass known by the common name western fescue. It is native to much of the northern half of North America and is most widely distributed in the west. It is most often found in forest and woodland habitat.
This fescue is a densely or loosely clumping bunchgrass with very thin stems reaching maximum heights of around one meter. The soft leaves reach up to about 25 centimeters in length and are somewhat hairlike. The inflorescence has one or two very thin branches bearing spikelets 6 to 12 millimeters long. There are no rhizomes.
External links
- Jepson Manual Treatment: Festuca occidentalis
- USDA Plants Profile for Festuca occidentalis (western fescue)
- Grass Manual Treatment: Festuca occidentalis
- Festuca occidentalis — U.C. Photo gallery
Categories:
- Festuca
- Bunchgrasses of North America
- Grasses of Canada
- Grasses of the United States
- Native grasses of California
- Flora of the Northwestern United States
- Flora of the Northern United States
- Flora of the Northeastern United States
- Flora of the Cascade Range
- Flora of the Klamath Mountains
- Flora of the Sierra Nevada (U.S.)
- Natural history of the California Coast Ranges
- Natural history of the San Francisco Bay Area
- Garden plants of North America
- Pooideae stubs