| Common Name(s): | Three Week Fescue, Pacific Fescue, Small Fescue |
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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 pound₁: | 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.