Alpine Fescue

Festuca brachyphylla Schult. ex Schult. & Schult. f. - Grass family

Size

Mature Height: Up to around 18 inches

Plant Type: Graminoid

Features

Flower Color: Green, Brown

Bloom Time: Late Spring, Early Summer, Mid Summer

Ecosystem Interactions

Pollinators: Larval Host (Butterfly); Larval Host (Moth); Wind

Larval Species depending on Alpine Fescue: Gynaephora groenlandica, Hesperia miriamae, Oeneis bore, Polites sabuleti tecumseh

Native Range

  • USA:  Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Maine, Minnesota, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Utah, Vermont, Washington, Wyoming
  • CAN:  Alberta, British Columbia, Newfoundland, Manitoba, Newfoundland, Northwest Territorie, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ontario, Québec, Saskatchewan, Yukon
  • DEN:  Greenland
Regional Native Status: L48 (N), AK (N), CAN (N), GL (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.