Festuca rubra is a species of grass known by the common name red fescue, [1] creeping red fescue or the rush-leaf fescue. It is widespread across much of the Northern Hemisphere and can tolerate many habitats and climates.

Some taxonomists ignore the variation between the sub species and refer to the complex as Festuca rubra without further differentiation . Erosion control: Red fescue is an excellent soil stabilizer and is used extensively for stabilizing waterways, slopes, banks, cuts, and fills.

Popular as mown turfgrass, Festuca rubra (Red Fescue) is a cool-season grass forming tufts of arching, narrow, dark green blades. One of the most shade tolerant lawn grasses, it tolerates many habitats, and climates and is not fussy about soils.

The species epithet, rubra, is Latin for "red." Creeping red fescue is a cool-season bunching grass that goes dormant in the summer. It is used by both wild and domestic animals for forage.

Red Fescue (Festuca rubra) is one of many species of Festuca native to California. It is a cool-season species of bunch grass (summer dormant) that is found worldwide and can tolerate many habitats and climates. It is a nutritious and palatable forage grass for domestic and wild animals.

Festuca rubra ssp. pruinosa represents plants of the F. rubra complex that are native to North America, whereas the other subspecies are non-native. This taxon is found on coastal beaches and headlands (as opposed to more human-modified habitats).

F. rubra is the only one of the three that has rhizomes, reddish basal sheaths, old sheaths shredding into fibers, and extravaginal shoots where new shoots break through the sheath and grow horizontally for a bit before rising up, but these traits are not so obvious without digging some out and careful picking through the clump.

Festuca rubra. In: Fire Effects Information System, [Online]. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fire Sciences Laboratory (Producer).

Festuca rubra is a perennial grasslike herb that is native to California, and also found elsewhere in North America and beyond.

Festuca rubra Linnaeus. Common name: Red Fescue. Phenology: Apr-Jul. Habitat: Dune grasslands, salt scrub, and borders of oligohaline to mesohaline marshes in the Coastal Plain (where presumably native), in middle- to high-elevation forests, rocky woodlands, barrens, grassy balds, and bogs in the Mountains (where also presumably native), and in fields, pastures, weedy clearings, and other open ...