Tall Fescue - Endophyte Free (Festuca arundinacea)
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Festuca arundinacea, with the common name tall fescue, is a long lived, deep rooted, spreading bunch grass flowering in late spring/early summer. It is a native/naturalized perennial growing in full sun or part shade and in dry to medium soil moisture sites. The endopyte free fescue was developed to remove the endopyte from tradtional tall fescue which causes poorer preformace in forage applications especially to birth rates.
Species Details
| Common Name (Botanical Name) | Tall Fescue - Endophyte Free (Festuca arundinacea) |
| Alternatative Common Names | Alta Fescue, Coarse Fescue, Reed Fescue, Fescue |
| Botanical Synonyms | Schedonorus arundinaceus, Lolium arundinaceum |
| Bloom Season | Cool Season |
| Group | Grasses and Grass-Like |
| Bloom Color | Green |
| Duration | Perennial |
| Soil moisture | Dry (Xeric);Medium (Mesic) |
| Soil texture | Coarse (Sand);Medium (Silt/Loam);Fine (Clay) |
| Sun Exposure | Full Sun;Part Shade |
| Status | Introduced |
| Wetland status | FAC;FACU;UPL |
| pH | Acidic;Neutral;Alkaline |
| pH Values | 5.0/9.2 |
| Average height | 2-3ft |
| USDA Zones | 3a;3b; |
| RNS Region | 1;2;3;4;5;6;7 |
| Planting rate/Acre | 25-250 |
| Seeds Per Lb. | 227000 |
| Seeds Per Oz | 14188 |
| Seeds Per Packet | 750 |
| Product Benefits | Deer Resistant;Quality Forage;Erosion Control; |