genus Festuca
Member of
grasses (family Poaceae)
grasses, sedges, cattails, and allies (order Poales)
monocots (class Liliopsida)
flowering plants (subphylum Angiospermae)
Except for old historical records and extremely rare examples that I don't expect to encounter, there are no other wild species of this genus in the bay area.
Caution: The key to distinguish these species is not complete.
Some species that CalFlora/Jepson have in Festuca have been moved to ryegrasses (genus Lolium).
california fescue
Festuca californica
idaho fescue
Festuca idahoensis
small fescue
Festuca microstachys
rattail sixweeks grass
Festuca myuros
western fescue
Festuca occidentalis
sixweeks grass
Festuca octoflora
crinkle-awn fescue
Festuca subuliflora
10 unobserved taxons
Chris’s observations: none
Taxon info: iNaturalist – Calflora – Jepson eFlora – FNA
Bay Area species: iNaturalist – Calflora