Nodding Fescue

Festuca subverticillata (Pers.) Alexeev

Grass family

Plant Type

Graminoid

Life Cycle

Perennial

Mature Height

3.0 feet

Flower Color

Yellow

Bloom Time

Late Spring

Growing Conditions

Light

Shade Tolerance Intermediate

Water

Water Use Medium

Drought Tolerance Low

Flood Tolerance None

Soil

Soil Types Loam, Sand

CaCO3 Tolerance Low

Fertility Need Low

Stress Tolerance

Fire Tolerance High

Salt Tolerance None

Climate

pH Range 5.5 – 7.2

Frost-Free Days 100 days

Precipitation 32 – 60 in

Ecosystem & Wildlife

Pollinators Larval Host (Butterfly); Wind

Larval Host Hesperia sassacus

Fall Color No

Evergreen No

Native Range

USA: Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode I., South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin
CAN: Manitoba, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Québec
MEX: Mexico Northeast

Regional Native Status: L48 (N), CAN (N)

State-level native status is based on data available through Plants of the World Online. Regional Native Status comes from the USDA Plants Database. For more detailed native status information, please refer to BONAP.