Festuca arundinacea
Synonyms
Coarse-fescue, Reed-fescue
ID Characteristics
Life cycle: Perennial
Growth Habit: Bunch type
Propagation: Seed
Ligule: Membranous, blunt
Auricles: Short and blunt, sometimes absent
Vernation: Rolled
Collar: Broad and divided
Root Type: Fibrous
Seedhead Color: Greenish
Multimedia
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Similar Species
- Quackgrass Agropyron repens
- Ryegrass, Perennial Lolium perenne
Herbicidal Control Options
- Preemergence: Pronamide
- Post Emergence: Chlorsulfuron, Foramsulfuron, Sethoxydim, Sulfosulfuron, Trifloxysulfuron
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