Festuca ovina, sheep's fescue or sheep fescue, is a species of grass. It is sometimes confused with hard fescue (Festuca trachyphylla).

Festuca ovina (Sheep Fescue) is a low-growing, cool season grass forming a densely tufted mound of narrow, stiff, semi-erect, green or gray-green leaves. In late spring to early summer, …

F. ovina, is a cool season perennial grass native to Europe (Barkworth 2007.) Within North America, sheep fescue can be found in open forests and mountain and foothill slopes from …

ovina L. is an extremely variable cool season grass. In the western United States, sheep fescue is often confused with Arizona fescue in the southwest and Idaho fescue in the northwest. …

‘Covar’ sheep fescue (Festuca ovina L.) is a cultivar released in 1977 in cooperation with the Washington State University Agricultural Research Center and Agricultural Experiment …

3. Festuca ovina L. E. sheep fescue. CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT. Lawns, fields, roadsides, seeded areas. Festuca ovina was used introduced as a turf grass, but it not widely used anymore.

Festuca ovina (Sheep fescue) Cool season, long-lived, perennial bunchgrass similar to Hard fescue ( F. brevipila ) but more drought tolerant and with a more extensive root system. …

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Festuca ovina used to be interpreted very broadly in North America, including almost any fine-leaved fescue that lacked rhizomes. Consequently, much of the information reported for F. …

Festuca ovina is a perennial grasslike herb that is not native to California. Plant Range. Observation Search ~8 records in California Plant Characteristics. D J J J A S O N A F M M. …