RPC: Meadow Fescue

Meadow Fescue

Scientific Name:	Schedonorus pratensis Altenative names, synonyms, exist for this plant. See RPC Plant Details and check the refernce websites for additional information.
Synonym:	Festuca pratensis

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Genus species:	Schedonorus pratensis
Synonym:	Festuca pratensis
Common Name:	Meadow Fescue
Family Name:	Poaceae Annual or perennial herbs, or woody in a few genera; stems terete, internodes hollow or solid; leaves alternate, 2-ranked, simple, and parallel-veined, with sheathing bases, the sheaths usually open, typically with a ligule at junction of sheath and blade; flowers (florets) bisexual or unisexual, subtended by bracts (a lemma and usually a palea), in spikelets usually subtended by a pair of bracts (glumes); fruit a caryopsis.
Seed Type:	Angiosperm
Origin: Native: native to North America. Non-native: not native to North America. Introduced Native: native to North America, but not Rowe Woods. * Definitions based on the USDA terminology	Nonnative
Category:	Grass
Identified by:	R. Gardner