SAND FESCUE i8i 



This is a sand plant, growing on sand soil and gravel. 



Festitca, Dodona;us, is from the Latin fcsiitca, which means a stalk, 

 stem, or strand, and JMyuros is from the Greek nius, a mouse. 



Fescue is from the Celtic fcst, food or pasturage. This grass 

 is also called Capon's-tail Grass. 



Essential Specific Characters: — 



340. Fesluca Ulyuros, L. — Stem slender, tall, leaves setaceous, 

 panicle long, unilateral, nodding, compressed, awn longer than the 

 palea, terminal, slender, glumes unequal. 



