Fescue
Meadow Fescue (Festuca pratensis)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Liliopsida Order: Poales Family: Poaceae Genus: Festuca
Species
See text Lolium pratense1. ... Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Divisions Green algae Land plants (embryophytes) Non-vascular plants (bryophytes) Hepatophyta - liverworts Anthocerophyta - hornworts Bryophyta - mosses Vascular plants (tracheophytes) Lycopodiophyta - clubmosses Equisetophyta - horsetails Pteridophyta - true ferns Psilotophyta - whisk ferns Ophioglossophyta - adderstongues Seed plants (spermatophytes) †Pteridospermatophyta - seed ferns Pinophyta - conifers Cycadophyta - cycads Ginkgophyta - ginkgo Gnetophyta - gnetae Magnoliophyta - flowering plants Adiantum pedatum... Classes Magnoliopsida - Dicots Liliopsida - Monocots The flowering plants (also angiosperms or Magnoliophyta) are one of the major groups of modern plants, comprising those that produce seeds in specialized reproductive organs called flowers, where the ovulary or carpel is enclosed. ... Orders Base Monocots: Acorus Alismatales Asparagales Dioscoreales Liliales Pandanales Family Petrosaviaceae Commelinids: Arecales Commelinales Poales Zingiberales Family Dasypogonaceae Monocotyledons or monocots are a group of flowering plants usually ranked as a class and once called the Monocotyledoneae. ... Families (APG) Anarthriaceae Bromeliaceae Centrolepidaceae Cyperaceae Ecdeiocoleaceae Eriocaulaceae Flagellariaceae Hydatellaceae Joinvilleaceae Juncaceae Mayacaceae Poaceae Rapateaceae Restionaceae Sparganiaceae Thurniaceae Typhaceae Xyridaceae The Poales is a cosmopolitan order of monocotyledonous flowering plants. ... Genera See: List of Poaceae genera The true grasses are monocot (class Liliopsida) plants of the family Poaceae (formerly Graminae). ...

Fescue (Festuca) is a genus of about 300 species of tufted grasses, belonging to the grass family Poaceae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, but with the majority of the species in cool temperate areas. The genus is closely related to ryegrass (Lolium) and is incorporated within that genus by some botanists. In popular language grass means a short, green, ground covering or lawn, usually, but not necessarily comprised of a true grass or grasses, called turf. ... The term cosmopolitan refers to an individual who retains cultural roots in his or her country of origin, yet has adopted a wide taste for other cultures, and so lives both a local and global life. ... Ryegrass (Lolium) is a small genus of tufted grasses, belonging to the Grass family Poaceae. ... Botany is the scientific study of plant life. ...

They range from small grasses only 10 cm tall or less with very fine thread-like leaves less than 1 mm wide, to tall grasses up to 2 m tall with large leaves up to 60 cm long and 2 cm broad. In botany, a leaf is an above-ground plant organ specialized for photosynthesis. ...

The fescues contain some species which are important grasses for both lawns (particularly the fine-leaved species, highly valued for bowling greens) and as pasture and hay for livestock, being a highly nutritious stock feed. They are also used in soil erosion control programs. A typical lawn A lawn sprinkler A lawn is an area of land planted with grass and sometimes clover and other plants, which are maintained at an even low height. ... Bowling Green is the name of some places in the United States of America: Bowling Green, Florida, named after the town in Kentucky. ... Pastureland Pasture is land with lush herbaceous vegetation cover used for grazing of ungulates as part of a farm or ranch. ... Rolled bales of hay on a farm near Ames, Iowa Hay is dried grass (and pasture flowers) used to feed domestic animals at places or times where there is not enough (fresh) grass or when fresh grass by itself is too rich in some qualities for easy digestion by the... Sheep are commonly bred as livestock. ... For the heavy metal band see Soil (band) Soil is a general term for the material that lies on the surface of the earth, supporting the growth of plants and serving as a habitat for animal life from microrganisms to small animals. ... Look up Erosion in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Severe soil erosion in a wheat field near Washington State University, USA. Eroded paddock, Australia Detail of erosion Erosion is the displacement of solids (soil, mud, rock, and so forth) by the agents of wind, water, ice, movement in response to gravity...

When feeding fescue to horses, it is important to remember that fescue poisoning, which occurs from a fungus, can cause abortions in pregnant mares. Occuring in the last 3 months of pregnancy, fescue poisoning increases the risk of stillbirths, retained placenta, absent milk production, and prolonged pregnancy.

Fescue pollen is a significant contributor to hay fever. SEM image of pollen grains from a variety of common plants: sunflower (Helianthus annuus), morning glory (Ipomea purpurea),hollyhock (Sildalcea malviflora), lily (Lilium auratum), primrose(Oenothera fruticosa), and castor bean (Ricinus communis). ... Pollen grains from a variety of common plants can cause hay fever. ...

Species

The following is a sample list of mainly European species in the genus: A satellite composite image of Europe Europe is geologically and geographically a peninsula, forming the westernmost part of Eurasia. ...

• Festuca alpina - Alpine Fescue
• Festuca altissima - Wood Fescue
• Festuca amethystina - Tufted Fescue
• Festuca caesia - Blue Fescue
• Festuca cinerea
• Festuca diffusa - Northern Fescue
• Festuca elatior - Tall Fescue (syn. F. arundinacea)
• Festuca eskia
• Festuca gautieri
• Festuca gigantea - Giant Fescue
• Festuca glacialis
• Festuca glauca - Grey Fescue
• Festuca heterophylla - Various-leaved Fescue
• Festuca juncifolia - Rush-leaved Fescue
• Festuca mairei - Atlas Fescue
• Festuca matthewsii - Alpine fescue tussock
• Festuca nigrescens - Chewings Fescue
• Festuca novae-zealandiae - Fescue tussock
• Festuca ovina - Sheep's Fescue
• Festuca paniculata
• Festuca pratensis - Meadow Fescue
• Festuca punctoria
• Festuca pyrenaica
• Festuca quadriflora
• Festuca richardsonii - Arctic Fescue
• Festuca rubra - Red Fescue
• Festuca rupicola
• Festuca tenuifolia - Fine-leaved Sheep's Fescue
• Festuca valesiaca
• Festuca varia
• Festuca vivipara - Viviparous Fescue

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