. Grasses and forage plants [microform] : a practical treatise comprising their natural history, comparative nutritive value, methods of cultivating, cutting and curing, and the management of grass lands in the United States and British provinces. Grasses; Forage plants; Hay; Graminées; Plantes fourragères; Foin. tfm sheep's fescue. 97 Sheep's Fescue (Festuca ovina), Fig. 68, is known by its narrow panicle; short, tufted, bristle-shaped leaves, of a grayish color, some- what tinged with red; its spike- lets two to six flowered ; awn often nearly wanting. Its flower is shown magnified in Fig. G
. Grasses and forage plants [microform] : a practical treatise comprising their natural history, comparative nutritive value, methods of cultivating, cutting and curing, and the management of grass lands in the United States and British provinces. Grasses; Forage plants; Hay; Graminées; Plantes fourragères; Foin. tfm sheep's fescue. 97 Sheep's Fescue (Festuca ovina), Fig. 68, is known by its narrow panicle; short, tufted, bristle-shaped leaves, of a grayish color, some- what tinged with red; its spike- lets two to six flowered ; awn often nearly wanting. Its flower is shown magnified in Fig. G9, It grows from six to ten inches high, in dense, perennial- rooted tufts, forming an excel- lent pasturage for sheep. It flowers in June and .Tuly, in the dry pastures of Xew Eng- land, westward to Lake Supe- rior, and northward. Hard Fescue Gkass {Festuca duriuscula) is also found to some extent, though not so commonly as the small fescue. It is by some regarded as a variety of the shoe[)'s fescue, taller, and with a panicle more open, leaves flat, and spikeleta four to eight flowered. It grows from one to two feet high. Flowers in June, in pastures and waste grounds. The Red Fes- cue {Festuca ru- bra), by some re- garded as only a variety of the preceding, is one Fig. 68. Sheep's Fescue. Fig. 69. of the largGSt of 9. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Flint, Charles L. (Charles Louis), 1824-1889. Boston : J. E. Tilton
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