Festuca (fescue) is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the grass family Poaceae (subfamily Pooideae). (wikipedia.org)
As a result, plant taxonomists have moved several species, including the forage grasses tall fescue and meadow fescue, from the genus Festuca into the genus Lolium, or alternatively into the segregate genus Schedonorus. (wikipedia.org)
Festuca glauca 'Elijah Blue' (Elijah Blue Fescue) - A cool-season grass. (smgrowers.com)
Early in the life span of blue fescue ( Festuca glauca varieties), the mounds of icy blue needles are perfect hemispheres. (blackgold.bz)
The mixture of alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) and tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea Schreb. (scielo.org.ar)
Tall fescue ( Festuca arundinacea Schreb), belonging to the family poaceae, is an economically important cool season turfgrass and forage that is widely planted in temperate zones. (biomedcentral.com)
2007). Other fine fescues sold in commercial channels include Festuca filiformis (hair fescue), F. ovina (sheep fescue), F. trachyphylla (hard fescue), F. rubra subsp. (idseed.org)
Field sites sampled were dominated by sericea ( Lespedeza cuneata ) and fescue ( Festuca pratensis ). (cdc.gov)
Tall fescue (festuca arundinaceae s.) was grown on soils amended with tailings and plant yield and elemental composition was determined. (cdc.gov)
Elijah Blue5
The information about Festuca glauca 'Elijah Blue' displayed on this page is based on research conducted in our nursery library and from online sources we consider reliable. (smgrowers.com)
Very easy to grow, Festuca Glauca Elijah Blue will thrive in any well drained soil. (hopesgrovenurseries.co.uk)
If you'd like more information about Festuca Glauca Elijah Blue Grasses just scroll to the bottom of the page. (hopesgrovenurseries.co.uk)
Festuca Elijah Blue is an evergreen grass, they need very little maintenance other than a 'comb' through the old foliage removing dead leaves in late winter before growth begins again in Spring. (hopesgrovenurseries.co.uk)
Festuca 'Elijah Blue' is fantastic grass that has soft blue spiky foliage and tan seed heads that appear just above the plant. (romencegardens.com)
Arundinacea3
With the ďm to facilitate high-throughput genome profiling and genetic and physical mapping within the Festuca-Inlium, gomplex, we have developed a Diversity Arrays Technology (DArT) array for five important species: Festuca pratensis, Festuca arundinacea, Festuca glaucescens, Inlium perenne and Lolium multiflorum. (cas.cz)
In a previous study we found that the use of a cover of Festuca arundinacea Schreber ( Poaceae ) offered a better regulation of T. urticae populations than either bare soil or the traditional wild cover, which included a mix of weed species. (ishs.org)
Producción y persistencia de una mezcla de alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) y festuca alta (Festuca arundinacea Schreb. (scielo.org.ar)
Grasses5
The word Festuca first appears to describe grasses in Dodoens' "Stirpium historiae pemptades sex, sive libri XXX" in 1583. (wikipedia.org)
In the first edition of "Genera Plantarum", Linnaeus describes seven species of Festuca, five of which are truly Bromus grasses with the other two being Festuca gigantea and Festuca pratensis. (wikipedia.org)
Festuca grasses are perennial and bisexual plants that are densely to loosely cespitose. (wikipedia.org)
Presented here are modern and classical aspects of cytogenetics as well as biotechnology in relation to improvement of the Festuca-Lolium group of grasses. (powells.com)
Niones JT, Takemoto D. An isolate of Epichloe festucae , an endophytic fungus of temperate grasses, has growth of inhibitory activity against selected grass pathogens. (springer.com)
Pratensis1
In Swiss alpine swards, we observed frequent prevalence of triploid hybrids of Festuca pratensis × F. apennina with outstanding competitiveness relative to their parental species in the sites of sympatric occurrence. (researchsquare.com)
Lolium5
Lolium rigidum Gaudin (combination in Festuca evidently not available), native to Europe and Africa, has been found sporadically as an urban and agricultural weed, but has not been collected in recent years and is doubtfully naturalized. (berkeley.edu)
Festuca and its close relative Lolium are very valuable genera of temperate agriculture. (powells.com)
Schedonorus and Lolium , many fewer hybrid breeding and cytologenetic analyses have been done to elucidate relationships among other species of Festuca . (oregonstate.edu)
Malik and Thomas (1966) provided one of the more comprehensive karyotype studies, in which they examined seven Lolium species and 17 species and subspecies of Festuca . (oregonstate.edu)
The resonrces developed in this project will facilitate development of genetic maps in Festuca and I'olium, the anďysis of genomic constitution in Festuca x Lolium hybrids, as well as marker-assisted selection for multiple traits. (cas.cz)
Species5
The relationships of this species are uncertain, although it has been placed in Festuca subg. (efloras.org)
Polyploidy has played an obvious role in at least five of the six sections within the genus Festuca , accounting for approximately 74% of all Festuca species. (oregonstate.edu)
1977) analyzed several diploid Festuca species in a search for a potential second diploid ancestor to the two allotetraploids discussed above, 4 x F. arundinaceum and F. mairei . (oregonstate.edu)
The RH4F Festuca vivipara - Oligotrichum hercynicum fellfield differs in the lower cover of Racomitrium species and the typical absence of dwarf shrubs and pleurocarpous mosses. (biodiversityireland.ie)
Festuca heterophylla belongs to a group of Festuca species generally referred to as fine fescues sold for use in turfgrass systems under a variety of environmental conditions (Braun et al. (idseed.org)
Ovina3
Included were representatives of sections Ovinae [ Festuca hervieri Patzke (= F. ovina subsp. (oregonstate.edu)
The taxonomy of the genus is ultimately problematic and controversial, as evidenced by the large number of small genera closely related to Festuca. (wikipedia.org)
Genus3
The genus Festuca represents a major evolutionary line of the tribe Poeae. (wikipedia.org)
The first major monograph on the genus was Hackel's "Monographia Festucarum Europaearum" in 1882. (wikipedia.org)
The annual habit and shorter anthers of Vulpia has since been enough to distinguish Vulpia as a separate genus from Festuca. (wikipedia.org)
Sinensis1
Effects of seed hydropriming on growth of Festuca sinensis infected with Neotyphodium endophyte. (springer.com)
However, the plant Dodoens described as Festuca altera is truly Bromus secalinus. (wikipedia.org)
Agrostis1
Growing alongside the mounds of this moss are usually found stems of Vaccinium myrtillus and a few tufts of Agrostis capillaris and Festuca vivipara together with some prostrate shoots of Galium saxatile . (biodiversityireland.ie)
As it is fairly well established that L. pratense is one progenitor to 4 x F. arundinaceum , as F. scariosa is to L. mairei , they examined the crossablility of these two known progenitors with other Festuca diploids in sections Montanae ( F. donax , F. drymeja Mert. (oregonstate.edu)
Foliage2
Festuca Glauca is a colourful ornamental grass with icy blue foliage and pale yellow flowers that is drought-tolerant. (palmers.co.nz)
The grass like foliage on this Festuca is an eye catching silvery blue in colour, becoming more intense in the sun and turning a greener colour in Winter. (plants2gardens.com)
NATIVE2
Festuca heterophylla is native to Europe and temperate western Asia and introduced elsewhere as a turf grass for shady areas (Barkworth et al. (idseed.org)
Native Festuca heterophylla grows in open forests, forest edges, and on shrubby slopes (Barkworth et al. (idseed.org)
Turf1
Other subgenera of Festuca also are very important as pasture in Europe and as turf worldwide. (oregonstate.edu)
Bisexual1
bisexual, dioecious in Festuca kingii . (berkeley.edu)
Characteristics1
The ancient group has produced various segregates that possess more advanced characteristics than Festuca, including racemose inflorescences and more annual habits. (wikipedia.org)
Stem1
The word "festuca" is a Latin word meaning "stem" or "stalk" first used by Pliny the Elder to describe a weed. (wikipedia.org)