| Festuca arundinacea Schreb. |
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| Herbarium: | Rhodes College Herbarium (SWMT)Herbarium's Specimen Details Page |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Currently Accepted Name: | Festuca arundinacea Schreb. |
| Herbarium Name Used: | Festuca arundinacea |
| Locality: | United States. Tennessee. Shelby: Memphis, Overton Park, near rear Memphis zoo entrance |
| Description: | Long-lived perennial bunchgrass species. Leaves form bunches and are thick and wide with prominent veins running parallel the entire length of the blade. The blades have a toothed edge which can be felt if fingers are run down the edge of the leaf blade. The underside of the leaf may be shiny. Emerging leaves are rolled in the bud with no prominent ligule. Note that most grasses are folded not rolled, which make this a key identification feature on tall fescue. The auricles are usually blunt but occasionally may be more clawlike. The culm is round in cross-section. Typically, this species of grass has a long growing season and ranges between 2 to 4 feet (1.2 m) tall in seedhead stage. |
| Habitat: | Long-lived perennial bunchgrass species. Leaves form bunches and are thick and wide with prominent veins running parallel the entire length of the blade. The blades have a toothed edge which can be felt if fingers are run down the edge of the leaf blade. The underside of the leaf may be shiny. Emerging leaves are rolled in the bud with no prominent ligule. Note that most grasses are folded not rolled, which make this a key identification feature on tall fescue. The auricles are usually blunt but occasionally may be more clawlike. The culm is round in cross-section. Typically, this species of grass has a long growing season and ranges between 2 to 4 feet (1.2 m) tall in seedhead stage. |
| Collector: | A. DeGenova &R. Jabaily &E. Johnson 69 |
| Date: | 14 May 2013 |
| Accession No: | SWMT05062 |
| Plant Atlas Link: | Plant Atlas Citation |