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Idaho fescue
Festuca idahoensis
Fort Collins
- Dimensions
-
Height: 1.0 ft. to 1.5 ft.
Spread: 1.0 ft. to 1.5 ft. - Growth Form
- Grass/Grass Like
- Program Association
- Nature in the City
- Wildlife Uses
- Large Mammals, Pollinators/ Invertebrates, Small Mammals
- Sun Requirements
- Full Sun, Part Sun
- Water Requirements
- Very Low, Low
- Plant Community
- Alpine, Foothills, Mountains, Subalpine
- Season of Bloom
- July, August, September
- Flower Color
- Green Shades, White Shades, Yellow Shades, Inconspicious
- Leaf Color
- Blue Shades, Green Shades
- Aggressiveness
- No City Data
- Design Considerations
- Attractive Foliage, Drought Tolerant
- Other Considerations
- No City Data
- Duration
- Perennial
- Natural Landscape Position
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Fort Collins Model
1, 2 - Soil Type
- Acidic/Low pH, Alkaline/High pH, Clay, Loam, Neutral pH, Sandy, Variable, Well Drained
- Pests/Disease Prone
- No
- Hazards/Toxic
- No City Data.
Notes
This species is native to most of the western half of the U.S. In Colorado it can be found along the Front Range and throughout the west slope. This is an important larval food host for many of our native invertebrates.