Plants : PoaceaeFerns and Flowering Plants

Festuca arundinacea Schreber

Tall Fescue

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Festuca arundinacea

Description: A robust and tall tufted species of fescue, similar to meadow fescue (Festuca pratensis) but generally taller. Frequent in grassy places.

All names: Festuca arundinacea Schreber; Festuca elatior L.

Distribution Map from NBN: Festuca arundinacea at National Biodiversity Network mapping facility, data for UK.

iNaturalist: Festuca arundinacea at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.

 Hackney, P., 2026. Festuca arundinacea. Schreber. [In] Flora of Northern Ireland.
https://habitas.org/flora/species.php?item=2509. Accessed on 2026-11-02.