Hard Fescue
Festuca brevipila
Hard Fescue (Festuca trachyphylla) is a perennial grass native to northern US states (such as Maine and Michigan) and has also been successfully introduced across North America as a non-invasive conservation grass that can thrive in USDA Zones 3–9. Reaching a mature height of 12–24 inches with a dense, fine-textured, tufted bunching growth habit, it features stiff, narrow blue-green to dark green leaf blades and produces narrow seed panicles. It thrives in low-fertility, dry, shaded or sunny soils and is ideal for low-maintenance turf, roadside slope stabilization, and erosion control.
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Growing Region
- Midwest, Pacific Northwest, Intermountain West