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Native Plant Propagation Guidelines:
grasses & sedges

Festuca occidentalis (western fescue)

Category: 
grasses and sedges

photo by Emily Gonzales

Good fast-growing groundcover for soil stabilization. Not as attractive some of the other fescues and thus not as favoured as a garden plant. Photo by Emily Gonzales.

Scientific Name: 

Festuca occidentalis Hook.

Family: 
Poaceae
English Name: 
western fescue

Geographical Range and Habitat Requirements

Ecological Setting: 
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Soil Texture: 
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Nutrients: 
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Soil Reaction and Salinity: 
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Moisture Regime: 

Dry to moist.

Shade Tolerance: 

Sun to light shade.

Successional Status: 
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BEC Zone and GOE Community Status: 
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Uses

Site Rehabilitation: 

Good fast-growing ground cover for soil stabilization.

Wildlife: 
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Landscaping: 

Not as attractive some of the other fescues and thus not as favoured as a garden plant (S. Bastin, personal communication).

First Nations: 
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Other Uses: 
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Seed Propagation

Flowering Time: 
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Fruit Ripening Time: 
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Seed Collection Time: 
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Crop Intervals: 
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Number of Seeds per Kilogram: 
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Seed Viability: 
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Fruit and Seed Collection and Extraction: 
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Seed Storage: 
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Fruit/Seed Dormancy and Treatment: 
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Vegetative Propagation

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Outplanting Characteristics and Requirements

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Seed and Cutting Propagation Techniques

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Additional Information and Photos

For more information and pictures, visit the E-Flora BC website at www.eflora.bc.ca.

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