Festuca

Sheep fescue ( Festuca ovina ), illustration.

The fescue ( Festuca ) is a genus of plants of the family Gramineae ( Poaceae ), with over 200 species. The genus Festuca is distributed worldwide ( cosmopolitan ).

There are bluegrasses with pointed, rounded on the back of ears.

Types (selection)

In Central Europe the following species occur:

  • Forest fescue ( Festuca altissima All. ); Area of ​​distribution: Europe, Caucasus, Central Asia, Siberia
  • Amethyst Fescue ( Festuca amethystina L.); Area of ​​distribution: Europe, Turkey, Caucasus
  • Apennine fescue ( Festuca apennina De Not, . Well as subspecies subsp apennina ( De Not ) Hack ex Hegi to F. pratensis. .. ); Area of ​​distribution: Alps, Apennines, Sicily, Slovenia, Carpathians
  • Tube fescue ( Festuca arundinacea Schreb. ); area of ​​distribution: Europe, Turkey
  • Giant Fescue ( Festuca gigantea (L.) Vill. ); Area of ​​distribution: Europe, Caucasus, Central Asia, Siberia
  • Rock fescue ( Festuca halleri space. ); Area of ​​distribution: Alps of France, Switzerland, Italy and Austria
  • Verschiedenblättriger fescue ( Festuca heterophylla Lam. ); occurs in Europe, Turkey and the Caucasus
  • Jura fescue ( Festuca jurana Gren ex Nym; Syn: .. F. pulchella subsp jurana ( Gren. ) Markgr. -Dann. . ); Area of ​​distribution: Jura, Alps
  • Floppy fescue ( Festuca laxa host); Area of ​​distribution: south-eastern Alps
  • Norican fescue ( Festuca norica ( Hack. ) K. dir. ); Area of ​​distribution: Eastern Alps, Slovenia, Austria, Switzerland, Germany, Italy
  • Sheep fescue ( Festuca ovina agg. ): A group of species with numerous small ways, for example: Calamine Sheep fescue ( Festuca aquisgranensis Patzke & GKBr. ); Area of ​​distribution: Belgium
  • Raublättriger sheep fescue ( Festuca brevipila R.Tracey ); Area of ​​distribution: Europe, abducted often, synanthropic in North America and Australia
  • The real sheep fescue ( Festuca ovina L.)
  • Dune red fescue ( Festuca arenaria Osbeck; Syn. F. rubra subsp arenaria ( Osbeck ) F. Areschoug ); Coverage: Coast of North-Western and Northern Europe, Baltic States
  • Flachblättriger red fescue ( Festuca heteromalla Pourr. )
  • Horst- red fescue ( Festuca nigrescens Lam. )
  • Ordinary red fescue ( Festuca rubra L.)
  • Haarblättriger red fescue ( Festuca trichophylla ( Ducros ex Gaudin ) K. dir. )
  • Rushes red fescue ( Festuca unifaria Dum; Syn: .. F. rubra subsp juncea ( Hack. ) K. dir. )

More species from Europe ( selection):

  • Blue fescue ( Festuca cinerea Vill. ); Coverage: South East France, north-western Italy
  • Festuca eskia Ramond ex DC. ; Area of ​​distribution: Pyrenees
  • Bearskin fescue ( Festuca gautieri ( Hack. ) K. dir. ); Coverage: South West of France, northeast Spain
  • Festuca polita ( Halácsy ) Tzvelev cretica var Markgr. -Dann. , Is found in Greece (Crete )
  • Leaf buds fescue ( Festuca vivipara (L.) Sm ); Area of ​​distribution: Northern Europe, Siberia, North America, Greenland

Use

The best known is the red fescue, since it is present in many grass mixtures. Especially in so-called ornamental lawns of the red fescue is an important component. Because of its very fine blade and the dense growth, the red fescue is suitable for demanding lawns. Even deep grass cuts, as they occur mainly on golf greens, the red fescue tolerates. However, the red fescue has high standards in the care and the supply of nutrients with regular load.

For new plants, lawns, the fescue is limited because it has a long germination time 10 to 18 days, so we recommend an admixture of perennial ryegrass, as this has a germination time of about 7 days. This is the spread of unwanted dicotyledonous plants (such as Daisy ) Disabled early.

Pictures

Amethyst Fescue ( Festuca amethystina )

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