hard or sheep fescue
Festuca trachyphylla
Comments 7
This grass can be identified by its dense tufts of stiff leaves. It is one of the few grasses in Illinois that has filiform leaf blades with inrolled margins. In Illinois, there are two other species in the Festuca genus that share these characteristics
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