Gardening in north Orange County, California

Saturday, April 25, 2015

Tall fescue


I thought this was one of the numerous crabgrasses, but apparently it is tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea). The crabgrass seed heads, as far as I can tell, all have that distinctive splayed-tines formation, while these stay quite close to the stem.  Yes, that's my shovel at the bottom of the photo! it's a weed in our yard.

The seedlings of crabgrass and fescue look remarkably alike.


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