FESCUE

fĕsˈkyoo, any of some 100 species of introduced Old World grasses of the genus Festuca. Meadow fescue and tall, or reed, fescue are excellent forage crops and the Chewing's, red, and sheep fescues are planted for turf. Fescue is classified in the division Magnoliophyta, class Liliopsida, order Cyperales, family Gramineae. See grass; lawn.

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books on: Fescue  - 149 results

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Physical Geography of Asiatic Russia
Book by S. P. Suslov, Noah D. Gershevsky, Joseph E. Williams; W. H. Freeman, 1961
Subjects: Physical Geography--Asiatic Russia
...chestnut soil, and 2 the subzone of southern fescue- Artemisia semideserts on brown soil...the Mugodzhar Mountain range, feather-fescue rocky steppes on dark- chestnut, rubbly...Stipa kirghisorum, S. lessingiana , fescue grass Festuca sulcata , and Artemisia...
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Rangeland Ecology and Management
Book by Harold F. Heady, R. Dennis Child; Westview Press, 1994
Subjects: Range Ecology, Range Management
...Eumycophyta fungi species Euphorbia esula leafy spurge Eurotia lanata winterfat Festuca fescue Festuca arizonica Arizona fescue Festuca arundinacea tall fescue Festuca elatior meadow fescue Festuca idahoensis Idaho fescue Festuca octoflora sixweeks...
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Upland Habitats
Book by Alan H. Fielding, Paul F. Haworth; Routledge, 1999
Subjects: Ecosystem Management--Great Britain, Upland Ecology--Great Britain
Species Box 2.11: Sheeps fescue Festuca ovina Sheeps fescue is a widely distributed, hardy plant that is found from...characteristics of F. ovina are similar to those of the red fescue F. rubra, the main difference being that sheeps fescue...
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Guide to the Vascular Flora of Illinois
Book by Robert H. Mohlenbrock; Southern Illinois University Press, 1975
Subjects: Botany--Illinois, Plants--Identification
...paradoxa 1. F. capillata Lam. Slender Fescue. May-July. Native of Europe; waste...L. var. duriuscula L. Koch. Sheep Fescue. May-June. Native of Europe; waste...ovina L.--J. 3. F. rubra L. Red Fescue. June-July. Waste ground; infrequent...
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Natural Regions of the U.S.S.R
Book by L. S. Berg; Macmillan, 1950
Subjects: Botany--Soviet Union, Physical Geography--Soviet Union, Zoology--Soviet Union
...156 F. jaeschkeana , 180 F. ovina , 180 Fescue Festuca , 14 , 35 , 46 , 84 , 98 , 100 , 104...98 , 101 , 102 , 105 , 179 , 182 , 233 , 255 Fescue grass Diplachne squarrosa , 294 Festuca fescue F. gigantea giant fescue , 80 F. lenensis...
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journal articles on: Fescue  - 49 results

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Endophyte-infected and Uninfected Fescue Seeds Suppress White-footed Mouse (Peromyscus Leucopus) Reproduction
Journal article by Michael G. Tannenbaum, Sara L. Seematter, Dana M. Zimmerman; The American Midland Naturalist, Vol. 139, 1998
Subjects: Animal reproduction, Diet, Rodents, Seeds
Endophyte-infected and Uninfected Fescue Seeds Suppress White-footed Mouse...vertebrate consumers. For example, tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea) and several other...plants. Indeed, endophyte-infected tall fescue plants have higher survival rates in field...
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Preburn History and Seasonal Burning Effects on the Soil Seed Bank in the Fescue Prairie
Journal article by J. T. Romo, D. V. Gross; The American Midland Naturalist, Vol. 165, 2011
Subjects: Banks, Flowers & plants, Prairies, Seeds, Soils
...Burning Effects on the Soil Seed Bank in the Fescue Prairie by J. T. Romo , D. V. Gross INTRODUCTION The Fescue Prairie Association (Coupland, 1961...it is estimated that 95 and 85% of the Fescue Prairie has been eliminated or severely...
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Are Female Voles Food Limited? Effects of Endophyte-infected Tall Fescue on Home Range Size in Female Prairie Voles (Microtus Ochrogaster)
Journal article by G. M. Fortier, M. A. Osmon, M. Roach, K. Clay; The American Midland Naturalist, Vol. 146, 2001
Subjects: Animal behavior, Females, Food supply, Rodents
...Effects of Endophyte-infected Tall Fescue on Home Range Size in Female Prairie Voles...Neotyphodium coenophialum infects tall fescue grass, Festuca arundinacea, and reduces...density-dependent avoidance of infected fescue (Fortier et al., 2000). Thus, use...
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Effects of Burning and Discing Conservation Reserve Program Fields to Improve Habitat Quality for Northern Bobwhite (Colinus Virginianus)
Journal article by Kirk C. Greenfield, Michael J. Chamberlain, L. Wes Burger Jr., Eric W. Kurzejeski; The American Midland Naturalist, Vol. 149, 2003
Subjects: Animal populations, Birds, Conservation Reserve Program, Habitats, Wildlife sanctuaries
...quality on CRP fields planted to tall fescue (Festuca arundiacea) in Missouri; however...treatment. Because response by tall fescue to disturbance may differ by latitude...examine effects of disturbance on tall fescue CRP fields in Mississippi. Therefore...
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First Nations Perspectives on the Grasslands of the Interior of British Columbia
Journal article by Michael D. Blackstock, Rhonda McAllister; Journal of Ecological Anthropology, Vol. 8, 2004
Subjects: British Columbia Canada, Canadian history, Ecology, Environmental impact, Environmental restoration, Grasslands, Human influences, Native North Americans
...agreed that Festuca scabrella (rough fescue) could indeed reach a meter high with...head. There is discussion over whether fescue species may have occupied a wider range...upper-elevation grassland where the fescue did, in fact, reach a meter in height...
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magazine articles on: Fescue  - 85 results

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The Fescue, the Fungus, and the Prairie Vole
Magazine article by Keith Clay; Natural History, Vol. 111, May 2002
Subjects: Fungi, Grasses, Rodents, Symbiosis
...study to look at how tall fescues endophyte might affect...avoiding the infected fescue. In the second year...prefer uninfected tall fescue, they do eat other grasses...the proportion of tall fescue plants rose as the vole...unwitting accomplices in tall fescues competitive strategy...
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Going for the Green
Magazine article by Doug Brede; Parks & Recreation, Vol. 40, May 2005
Subjects: Drought, Gardens & gardening, Turfgrasses
...water is available, tall fescue consumes more gallons than bluegrass. The reason tall fescue stays green longer is its longer roots. Tall fescues roots draw moisture from a...energies for regeneration. Tall fescue does not have the same capacity...
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A Lawn You Can Love
Magazine article by Jim McCausland; Sunset, Vol. 201, September 1998
Subjects: Grasses, Lawns
...grasses, including bent, bluegrass, fescue, and ryegrass, grow best when temperatures...Northwest, blends of perennial ryegrass, fescue, and bent or Kentucky bluegrass are the lawns of choice. Although tall fescue is available, it has trouble competing...
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Getting Your Lawn in Order
Magazine article; The Saturday Evening Post, Vol. 264, July 1992
Subjects: Lawns
...grass, turf type tall fescue has undergone a major...difficult conditions. Tall fescues fast-and deep-growing...season grass area, tall fescue can make it through the...honors go to the fine fescue family, which includes...creeping, hard, and sheeps fescues. Shade-tolerant varieties...
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Botanical Death for Community Improvement
Magazine article by Pw; Whole Earth, Spring 2001
Subjects: Forest machinery--Products, Forestry engineering--Equipment and supplies, Trees--Control
...been able to reduce or eliminate tall fescue grassland and replace it with native grasses in one to two years. The imported tall fescue, formerly promoted by the feds, now...cottontail populations have plummetted in tall fescue. Songbirds and Canada geese become deprived...
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newspaper articles on: Fescue  - 168 results

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Fine Fescue Lawns Can Be a Low-Maintenance Option
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), June 20, 2010
Subjects: Landscape architects, News agencies, The Associated Press
...assortment of six "No Mow" fescues about 10 years ago...The best way to kill a fescue lawn is to fertilize...preparation if youre using fescues, though, because they...up the weeds." Fine fescues dont care much for heavy...into one of Dibolls fine fescue combinations a little...
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MOW THE MERRIER; Ornamental Grasses Have It All. They'll Thrive in Hot Spots and Will Tolerate Most Soils. You Can Use Them to Dramatic Effect as Pot Plants or to Add Winter Colour and Texture to Your Borders. and Best of All. They Don't Need Mowing!
Newspaper article; Sunday Mirror (London, England), September 5, 2010
...www.floraselect.co.uk, 01245 422353). FESCUE GRASS TUFTS of Elijah Blue Fescue grass look great planted under dogwood, especially...where little else will grow. pounds How much? Fescue grasses pounds 2.29 (www.buckinghamnurseries...
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High-Desert Highlands
Newspaper article; The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), August 5, 2008
...respects. The tee-to-green use of fescue grass gives Tetherow a drier, less verdant...far the ball runs on the close-cropped fescue fairways. And its not like Kidd put the...tan, 69.3/124. "Because theyre fescue and have slope to them, we keep the greens...
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A Lawn Unto Itself; Roofs Don't Have to Be Covered in Concrete or Tiles - the New Designer Topping in London Is Lush Grass, Says Fay Sweet
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), August 18, 2004
...Royal Parks grass expert was called in to create the special mix. It includes sheeps fescue, chewings fescue, brown top bent, strong creeping red fescue, and slender creeping red fescue, all of which insects love, apparently. "It was...
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Trout Season around the Corner
Newspaper article by Mike Jackson; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), October 6, 2005
Subjects: Fishing, Fishing (Recreation)
...serve as better quail habitat. "Tall-fescue grass is a major problem for wildlife...wildlife biologist for Illinois. "Tall-fescue is thick and sod-forming. It effectively...thickness. Quail broods cant get through fescue during the spring, so its no good for...
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encyclopedia articles on: Fescue  - 3 results

 
 
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Fescue
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...World grasses of the genus Festuca. Meadow fescue and tall, or reed, fescue are excellent forage crops and the Chewings, red, and sheep fescues are planted for turf. Fescue is classified in the division Magnoliophyta...
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Grass
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...also include most of the hay and pasture plants, e.g., sorghum , timothy , bent grass , bluegrass , orchard grass , and fescue . Popularly the word grass is used chiefly for these latter and for the lawn grass types; it is also loosely applied to plants...
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Lawn
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...spraying . Most lawn plants are types of clover and, especially, of grass . Bluegrass, white clover, and a few types of fescue and bent grass are most often selected for temperate climates in the United States. Bermuda grass, rye grass, St. Augustine...


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