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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 grass 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 flower cluster has one or two very thin branches bearing spikelets 6 to 12 millimeters long. There are no rhizomes.
Grass
3 - 4 ft Tall
Upright
Moderate
Yellow
Spring
Deer resistant, Groundcover
Partial Shade
Low
Moderate
Prefers sandy or loamy soils. Does not grow well in clay soils.
For propagating by seed: No treatment.
4*, 5*, 6*, 7, 14, 15*, 16*, 17*, 21, 22, 23, 24
Open places
Douglas-Fir Forest, Mixed Evergreen Forest, Red Fir Forest, Forest, Yellow Pine Forest
Butterflies and moths supported
0 confirmed and 10 likely
Snowy-veined Apamea Moth
Apamea niveivenosa
Yellow-Collared Scape Moth
Cisseps fulvicollis
Common Ringlet
Coenonympha tullia
Lindsey's Skipper
Hesperia lindseyi