Kentucky Plant Atlas




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Poaceae <Poeae> Festuca ovina
Festuca ovina L.
ALI: EU HAB: n/a, n/a, n/a, 5 ABU: n/a, n/a, 0
This name has generally been applied to trachyphylla, and it possible than virtually no true ovina occurs wild in Ky. or elsewhere in southeastern states. Typical ovina (2n = 14 and 28) has been introduced for turf in North America, but is no longer used regularly in the seed trade (FNA 24). The segregated taxa, F. filiformis Pourr. ("hair fescue") and F. glauca Vill. ("blue fescue"), are widely grown in North America for turf or ornamental use, but are not known to have become established in the wild. See FNA 24 for notes on these and other potentially introduced taxa.