Reed fescue
Festuca Arundinacea Schreb
Otaria
- Originator:
- FELDSAATEN FREUDENBERGER GMBH & CO. KG
- Cultivation districts:
- Northern (1), Northwest (2), Central (3), Volga-Vyatka (4), Central Black Earth (5), North Caucasian (6), Middle Volga (7), Lower Volga (8), Ural (9), West Siberian (10), East Siberian (11), Far East (12)
- Yield:
- dry matter — 5.5–6.1 t/ha
- For forage in grass mixtures and alone
- For lawn use
Grow features
Hexaploid. The leaf in the fall in the year of sowing is light green, narrow. The trend towards the formation of inflorescences in the year of sowing is weak or medium. The time of the inflorescence emergence in the second year is early or medium. The bush is semi-erect when the inflorescence heading. The plant when the inflorescence heading is of medium height or high. The flag leaf is long or very long, of medium width. Stem is of medium length; upper internode is of medium length. The inflorescence at full development is of medium length. The stem is straight, strong. The leaf is green, narrow or very narrow, up to 52 cm long, up to 0.8 cm wide. The foliage is 43%. The panicle inflorescence is up to 23 cm long. The root system is fibrous, long. The content of silicic acid is significantly reduced.