Wild Grasses of Ainsworth: Red Fescue

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This can't possibly be the same red fescue people plant in their lawns, can it? Look at these humongous leaves:



Maybe they behave themselves better if you mow them.

I have to say, identifying wild grasses is not nearly as much fun as identifying wildflowers, but I have learned some things I never knew before, e.g., that branchy formation at the top is called the inflorescence (because that's where the flowers, such as they are, blossom), and corn is considered a wild grass.