Festuca elmeri
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Festuca elmeri is a species of grass known by the common names coast fescue and Elmer's fescue. It is a bunchgrass native to the US states of California and Oregon, where it often grows in wet, shady areas in coastal counties.
Description
This fescue grows in thin bunches with erect stems reaching up to one meter in height. The leaves are somewhat hairy and 10 to 40 centimeters long. The drooping inflorescence holds spikelets which are each about a centimeter long and have light-colored, hairlike awns.
External links
- [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?8738,9015,9019 Jepson Manual Treatment]
- [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=FEEL2 USDA Plants Profile]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110611135221/http://herbarium.usu.edu/webmanual/info2.asp?name=Festuca_elmeri&type=treatment Grass Manual Treatment]
- [http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Festuca+elmeri Photo gallery]
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Category:Bunchgrasses of North America
Category:Native grasses of California
Category:Grasses of the United States
Category:Flora of the Klamath Mountains
Category:Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands
Category:Natural history of the California Coast Ranges
Category:Natural history of the San Francisco Bay Area
Category:Taxa named by Elmer Drew Merrill
Category:Flora without expected TNC conservation status
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