Common Name: tall fescueScientific Name: Festuca arundinacea Schreb.Family Name: Poaceae (Graminae) - Grass FamilyIdentification NotesLife Cycleintroduced perennial, reproducing by seed, short rhizomes and erect tillers Culmsupright or ascending Leavesblades wide, flat, ridged above, smooth and somewhat glossy below, margins rough, no midrib; rolled in bud; ligule membranous, truncate; auricles present, short and blunt; collar broad, divided Seedheadspanicle