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 Herbarium specimen Arizona State University Vascular Plant Herbarium, Usage Rights: Non-Commercial (CC BY-NC) |  Spikelets ASU Vascular Plant Herbarium, Usage Rights: Attribution-Non-Commercial (CC BY-NC) | | | | |
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Origin: Native Season: Cool and Warm
Habitat Description: Found in diverse habitats including hillsides, meadows, and open forests.
Plant Communities:Montane Conifer Forest
Elevation: 7000 - 12000 feet
Similar Species: Festuca arizonica, Festuca idahoensis
Desc:
Densely tufted, cool season dwarf perennial with narrow, stiff basal leaves and a narrow, dense flower cluster.
Identification Notes: Densely tufted perennial; stems 3 to 15 inches tall; blades narrow, firm, rolled, 2 to 6 inches long; seedhead stem up to 12 inches long; seedhead contracted, often spikelike, 2 to 4 inches long; spikelets 4 or 5 flowered; lemmas about a 1/4 inch long.
Grass Type: Perennial bunchgrass Rhizomes: N Stolons: N
Large Dense Clump (> 2 feet): N Bushy (highly branched): N
Height with Seedheads: 12 to 24 inches
Seedhead Structure: Branched - contracted Seedhead Droops: N
Flowering Period: Jul - Sep
Number of Flowers per Spikelet: Multi-flowered Spikelets One-sided: N
Awns: Less than 1/4 inch Three Awns: N Awns Bent: N
Flower and Seedhead Notes: Seedhead often spikelike, 1 to 2 branches per node, branches usually erect, lower branches with 2 or more spikelets; spikelets mostly 4 to 5 flowered; lemmas awns less than 1/16 inch long.
Blade Hairy:
Y
Blade with White Margins:
N
Blade Cross section:
Involute
Blade Notes:
Blades narrow, 2 to 6 inches long, smooth or hairy, with 1 to 3 indistinct ribs.
Sheath Hairy:
N
Tuft of Hairs at top of Sheath or Collar:
N
Ligules:
Hairy
Auricles (Ear-like lobes at collar area:
N
Forage Value:
Unknown.
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