Meadow Fescue - Schedonorus pratensis
Alt Name
Festuca pratensis
Description
Height 40 to 80 cm forming only small tufts and with leaves only 4 mm wide (with fine toothed less rough edges than Tall Fescue).
Habitat
Found in a wide range of neutral grasslands, usually on fertile soils, including pastures, hay meadows and water meadows also naturalised on roadsides, railway banks and waste ground.
When to see it
In flower during June, July and August.
Life History
Perennial.
UK Status
Widespread and fairly frequent over most of Britain except the extreme north.
VC55 Status
Fairly frequent in Leicestershire and Rutland. In the 1979 Flora survey of Leicestershire it was found in 448 of the 617 tetrads.
Leicestershire & Rutland Map
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