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Arizona Fescue
Festuca arizonica
Festuca arizonica, commonly called Arizona fescue, is a grass found in western North America, in the southwest United States and northern Mexico. This species also has the common names mountain bunchgrass and pinegrass.
From the article Festuca arizonica on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
This grass lacks rhizomes, but it has a large, fibrous root system and it can be used for erosion control. The stems can grow up to one meter tall, and are rough-textured and blue-green in color. The rough, blue-green leaf blades are "shaped like a string" and measure up to 10 inches long. The inflorescence is a branching array up to 20 centimeters long, which may appear narrow or somewhat open in shape.
Wikipedia: “Characteristics”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 162938.