G65 



GREEN FESCUE 



Festu'ca viri'dula 



Stalks (culms) densely tufted 

 but easily separated, erect, 1 to 

 3J-> ft. high, rather slender, 

 round, smooth, slightly thick-- 

 ened at the base 



Leaves mostly basal numer- 

 ous, light green, soft, erect, 

 narrow, smooth, loosely, folded 

 or slightly inrollcd, K as long 

 as the stalks; collar (ligule) at 

 junction of blade and sheath, 

 a ring of short hairs 



Flower head (panicle) 4 to 6 



in. long, open; branches erect, 

 becoming spreading, each with 

 a slight padlike swelling (pul- 

 vinus) at point of attachment 

 to rachis 



Roots perennial, coarse, deep, 

 spreading 



Outer flower bract (lemma) 

 about % in. long, narrowly 

 lance-shaped, nearly smooth, 

 shining, indistinctly 5-nervcd, 

 sharp-pointed 



Individual flower groups (spike- 

 lets) pale or purplish, 3- to 6- 

 flowered, about }'> in. long 



Lowest (2) spikelet bracts 

 (glumes) unequal; 1st glume 

 about K in. long; 2d glume 

 about % longer than 1st 



