Poaceae FAMILY

Festuca ovina

Edibility

1/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Festuca ovina is a densely tufted perennial grass growing around 20 - 50cm tall with numerous fine, stiff to semi-erect stems[ 277 Title Plants Database Publication Author Website http://plants.usda.gov/java/factSheet Publisher United States Department of Agriculture Year 0 ISBN Description An online database with an excellent collection of fact sheets about native N. American plants. , 375 Title Grassland Species - Profiles Publication Author Website http://www.fao.org/ag/AGP/AGPC/doc/Gbase/Default.htm Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Terse information on over 650 species of plants that grow in grassland, including trees, shrubs and perennial plants as well as grasses. Gives a brief description of the plant, its range and habitat and some of its uses. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food (probably only as a food in times of famine). It is used as a ground cover and soil stabilizer.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeAlmost throughout temperate Eurasia, but absent from much of central Asia; N. Africa - Morocco

HabitatPoor, well-drained shallow soils from low to high elevations[ 1 Title RHS Dictionary of Plants plus Supplement. 1956 Publication Author F. Chittendon. Publisher Oxford University Press Year 1951 ISBN - Description Comprehensive listing of species and how to grow them. Somewhat outdated, it has been replaced in 1992 by a new dictionary (see [ 200 ]). ]. Grasy places[ 17 Title Flora of the British Isles. Publication Author Clapham, Tutin and Warburg. Publisher Cambridge University Press Year 1962 ISBN - Description A very comprehensive flora, the standard reference book but it has no pictures. ].