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|familia=Poaceae
|familia=Poaceae
|genus=Festuca
|genus=Festuca
|species=californica
|species=californica
|common_name=California Fescue
|name_ref=Wikipedia
|habit=grass
|habit=grass
|habit_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381
|habit_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381
|usda_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381
|usda_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381
|max_zone=9
|max_zone=9
|image=Upload.png
|image=Festucacalifornica0.jpg
|image_width=240
|image_width=240
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'''''Festuca californica''''' is a species of [[Poaceae|grass]] known by the common name '''California fescue'''. It is native to the US states of [[California]] and [[Oregon]] where it is a member of many plant communities, including [[chaparral]]. This [[fescue]] is a clumping perennial without [[rhizome]]s.
It reaches anywhere from 40 to 120 centimeters in height. The rough leaves are narrow but can be quite long. The [[inflorescence]] holds spikelets which are each one to two centimeters long. The plant reproduces from seed and from buds located at the base of the clump. This is a [[California native plants|California native grass]] which is used for revegetating grassland that has been cleared or claimed by [[introduced species|non-native]] grasses.
==Cultivation==
==Cultivation==
