Festuca rubra Linnaeus 1753 (Family Poaceae)

Height: 20-70cm
Arbuscular Mycorrhizal
Perennial, Rhizomatous, Stoloniferous
Hermaphrodite, Flowering June - July (Earliest: 5.6)

Habitat:
Meadows

Wet Meadows
Pollination: Wind
Parasites:
Uromyces dactylidis
Herbivores:
Coenonympha pamphilus Larva

Several Crambidae Larvae

Rivula sericealis Larva

Dolerus niger Larva
Sapivores:
Several Miridae

Neophilaenus lineatus

Ecological Flora of the British Isles
Skye Flora: Red Fescue


Pictures © 2003, 2005, 2006 J.K. Lindsey

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