Mountain fescue (Festuca saximontana)

Mountain fescue, a reference photo — Photo: Jim Morefield from Nevada, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)

Festuca saximontana, the rocky mountain fescue or the mountain fescue, is a perennial grass native to North America. The specific epithet saximontana is Latin and means "of the Rocky Mountains". The grass has a diploid number of 42.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Mountain fescue being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

Festuca idahoensis
Festuca filiformis
Festuca pseudovina
Festuca ovina
Festuca nigrescens
Poa secunda

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Festuca
Species: Festuca saximontana

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