Festuca microstachys is an annual grasslike herb that is native to California, and also found elsewhere in western North America.

Common Name(s): Three Week Fescue, Pacific Fescue, Small Fescue Botanical Name(s): Festuca microstachys (Vulpia microstachys) Three Week Fescue, Pacific Fescue, Small FescueLow growing, quick establishing bunchgrass. Useful in seed mixtures as a nurse crop, post fire restoration and erosion control. Drought tolerant

Pacific Fescue (Vulpia microstachys var. pauciflora) is a native grass that grows in northern, southern and central California. It tends to grow in disturbed or recently burned, open, sandy places, at elevations from 0-5000 feet.

Vulpia microstachys var. microstachys is an annual grasslike herb that is native to California, and also found elsewhere in western North America. also called Festuca microstachys Siskiyou

First published in Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 4 (Mar.-Apr.): 24 (1848) The native range of this species is W. Canada to NW. Mexico, Guadalupe, Peru. It is an annual and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Almost true to its name, three week fescue can grow from seed to maturity very quickly! Germinating in late winter or spring, this annual native grass produces single stems, and sometimes sparsely branching clumps, and goes to seed (completing its entire lifecycle) before the peak of summer.

Previously known as Vulpia microstachys. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to Colorado and New Mexico to Baja California, where it grows in many types of open habitat, including grasslands.

Vulpia microstachys var. pauciflora is an annual grasslike herb that is native to California, and also found elsewhere in western North America. also called Festuca microstachys Siskiyou

Latin name: Festuca microstachys Nutt. Pronunciation: fes-TOO-ka my-kro-STAY-kis Common name: Small fescue Family: Poaceae (Grass) Habitat: Sandy soils, disturbed places to 4500', California Floristic Province Blooming period: April to June Name derivations: 1) …

It is native to western North America from British Columbia to Colorado and New Mexico to Baja California, where it grows in many types of open habitat, including grasslands. It is dominant on some grasslands of California, and it was probably an abundant native grass before the habitat was altered by invasive non-native grasses.