Found in:

• Lawns and landscape beds

Characteristics:

• Perennial grass that grows best during cooler temperatures (spring, fall)
• Tough, coarse-textured, dark green, clump-forming grass
• Leaf blades are flat and stiff
• Leaf veins are prominent on upper leaf surface
• Flower spikelets are loose and open
• Roots are fibrous; no underground stems (rhizomes) produced

Significance

• Endophyte-free fescue can be a beneficial pasture species
• Less tolerant of mowing heights under 1 1/2”
• Good drought tolerance due to larger, deeper root system

Plants that look similar:

• Quackgrass

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