Western Fescue
Festuca occidentalis
Synonym: Festuca ovina var. polyphylla
![Inflorescence of Western Fescue: Festuca occidentalis (Synonym: Festuca ovina var. polyphylla)](occidentalis/occidentalis1a.jpg)
A close-up of the inflorescence of what may be western fescue as seen along the Canyon Mountain Trail #218, Strawberry Mountain Wilderness........August 19, 2011. Note the spreading-ascending panicle branches of the open inflorescence and the awns which are about equal or longer than the lemmas.
Paul Slichter