Three Week Fescue / Pacific Fescue / Small Fescue

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Three Week Fescue / Pacific Fescue / Small Fescue

Festuca microstachys (Vulpia microstachys)
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Common Name(s): Three Week Fescue, Pacific Fescue, Small Fescue

Botanical Name(s):

Festuca microstachys (Vulpia microstachys)


Three Week Fescue, Pacific Fescue, Small Fescue
Low growing, quick establishing bunchgrass.  Useful in seed mixtures as a nurse crop, post fire restoration and erosion control.  Drought tolerant and well adapted to sand and loam soils.

Seeds per pound: 420,000
Seeding rate per pound: 5,000 sq. ft.
% Purity  /  % Germination (Typical) 90 / 80
Growing Regions: All areas in western U.S. under 5,300 ft except deserts.
Native To: California
Life Cycle: Annual
Characteristics: Bunchgrass
Season Type: Cool-Season
Exposure: Sun
Height: 6-18 inches
Establishment: Fast
Water Requirements: Very low
Wildlife: None


Cultural Information
If used only as a nurse crop cut off seed heads before they develop.  Will reseed in fall/winter if seed is allowed to develop.

₁ Seeding rate is based on seeding alone.  When seeding with other species the rates should be reduced.  Contact us for recommendations.

 CLICK HERE for instructions on planting and maintaining native grasses.


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