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Festuca subulata is a species of grass known by the common names bearded fescue and nodding fescue. It is native to the northwestern quarter of North America, from Alaska to South Dakota to northern California, where it is most often found in moist mountain forests. This fescue is a loosely clumping perennial grass with small rhizomes. The stems are generally between 40 and 80 centimeters in height and have drooping leaves. The inflorescence has loosely clustered spikelets. The plant reproduces by seed and rhizome and it sometimes spreads via stolon.
Grass
1 - 3 ft Tall
Upright
Moderate
Yellow
Spring
Full Sun, Partial Shade
Adaptable, tolerant of sand, loam and clay.
Red Fir Forest, Redwood Forest, Yellow Pine Forest
Butterflies and moths supported
0 confirmed and 7 likely
Common Ringlet
Coenonympha tullia
Lindsey's Skipper
Hesperia lindseyi
Sierra Skipper
Hesperia miriamae
Nevada Skipper
Hesperia nevada