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Blue Fescue
Blue Fescue
Festuca glauca
Plantae
RARE

Stats

Lifespan
Perennial
Size
Small
Diet
Photosynthetic
Biome
Temperate grassland
Range
Europe
Movement
Sessile
Breeding
Seeds
Defense
Camouflage
Status
Rare

About

Blue Fescue is a tufted ornamental grass that grows in rocky mountain meadows. Its needle-like leaves contain high concentrations of silica to deter hungry herbivores.

Life cycle

  1. 1.
    seed
    A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
  2. 2.
    sprout
    A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
  3. 3.
    sapling
    A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
  4. 4.
    mature
    Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Poales
Family
Poaceae
Genus
Festuca
Species
Festuca glauca