Taxonomy
Festuca ovina | Sheep's-fescue | Feisciú caorach
Distribution
Status
Conservation status
Not protected
Native status
Native
Species Biology
Habitat
Heaths, dry pastures and mountains
Life cycle
Perennial
Ex-situ conservation
Seed accessions in the National Genebank, Backweston (wild seed collected in 2010). Living collection in the National Botanic Garden.
Use
Forage crop
Vegetative nature
Herbaceous
Distribution
World distribution(GBIF)
Temporal change
Records submitted to Data Centre in 2023
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Further information
This is a very hardy, drought resistant species and withstands close cutting and heavy grazing. Although its yield of foliage is low, being nutritious it provides valuable food for sheep on upland grasslands where the more luscious herbage plants do not grow.