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Fig. 289. FESTUCA RUBRA GI.AUCESCENS (Hegetschw.) Hack. Monog. 

 Fest. Eu. 139. 1882. {F. glaucesccns Hegetschw. Fl. Schw. 93. 1840.) TEN- 

 NESSEE FESCUE.— A slender perennial 3-6 dm. (lo-2°) high, with creeping 

 rootstocks, erect or ascending stems, very narrow, usually glaucous leaves, and 

 lax, nodding panicles. Sheaths and leaves smooth; the lower leaves 30-45 cm. 

 (12'-20') long, those of the culm shorter and minutely strigose on the upper 

 surface. Panicle lax, nodding. Spikelets (a, b) 8-10 mm. (4"-5") long, 5 to 6 

 flowered; empty glumes unequal, the first 2-3 mm. (l"-li") long and 1-nerved, 

 .the second 2-6 mm. (2"-3") long and 3-nerved; flowering glumes (c) about 6 

 mm. (3") long, mucronate or short awn-pointed, scabrous near the apex.— Bluffs 

 of Cumberland River, Nashville, Tenn. May. 



This is an excellent turf-forming species and is closely related to F. rubra. It 

 is recommended for pastures, especially on worn-out soils and hill slopes. 



