SAND FESCUE 181 



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



Festtica, Dodonaeus, is from the Latin festuca, which means a stalk, 

 stem, or strand, and Myuros is from the Greek mus, a mouse. 



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

 is also called Capon's-tail Grass. 



ESSENTIAL SPECIFIC CHARACTERS: 



340. Festnca Myuros, L. Stem slender, tall, leaves setaceous, 

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

 palea, terminal, slender, glumes unequal. 



