Festuca rubra

It is best adapted to well-drained soils in cool, temperate climates; it prefers shadier areas and is often planted for its shade tolerance.[2][3] Wild animals browse it, but it has not been important for domestic forage due to low productivity and palatability.Festuca rubra is perennial and has sub-species that have rhizomes and/or form bunchgrass tufts.Like all fescues, the leaves are narrow and needle like, making it less palatable to livestock.The swards that it forms are not as tufted as sheep's fescue (Festuca ovina) or wavy hair grass (Deschampsia flexuosa).
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