Festuca heterophylla Lam., 1779 22% complete

Shade fescue

Fl. Franç. 3: 600 (1779)


Data sources

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Sourced7 Differs from sources1 Source not recorded8 Not on the record9 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database
Field Shown What the sources say
Core
Author Lam. No source recorded
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Bibliography Fl. Franç. 3: 600 (1779) No source recorded
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Phylum Tracheophyta No source recorded
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Rank species No source recorded
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Status accepted No source recorded
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Year 1779 No source recorded
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Descriptive
Common name Shade fescue No source recorded
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Observations Europe to Caucasus No source recorded
Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height 18 cm
  • 18 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 24 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 116, 164, 174, 203, 500, 842, 918
Sourced
Biological type hemicryptophyte
  • hemicryptophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 10 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 164, 174, 175, 203, 500, 918
Sourced
Foliage texture empty Not on the record
Fruit shape empty Not on the record
Maximum height 68 cm
  • 67.5 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 116, 164, 174, 203, 500, 842, 918
Differs from sources
Sexuality empty Not on the record
Phenology
Bloom months jun
1 earlier or rejected value
  • Superseded feb, jun · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 174, 203
Sourced
Duration perennial
  • perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 6 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 164, 175, 203, 918
Sourced
Ecology
Ground humidity empty
  • 4 / 12 · moderately dry (meso-xerophilous) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 203
Not on the record
Light empty
  • 4 / 9 · shade to half-shade · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 489
Not on the record
Nitrogen fixation None Sourced
Soil nutriments 5 / 9 · intermediate (mesotrophic)
  • 5 / 9 · intermediate (mesotrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 242, 489
Sourced
Soil salinity 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils
  • 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 242, 489
Sourced
Usda legacy
C n ratio empty Not on the record
Other
Shade tolerance — Not on the record
Soil ph indicator — Not on the record
Temperature indicator — Not on the record