A fine-textured, shade-tolerant grass perfect for low-traffic areas. Includes creeping red, chewings, hard, and sheep fescue varieties.
Licensed field referenceFine, needle-like bladesCC0 ID fingerprint- Needle-fine folded blades
- Dull underside; veins hard to see
- Tufted, sometimes weakly rhizomatous
Photos worth taking- Extremely fine, needle-like blades — often folded or wiry, the narrowest of any lawn grass
- Medium-green, sometimes with a gray or blue cast; soft, hair-like look
- Thrives in shaded areas where other grasses thin out
Model boundaries- No group-level geometry can distinguish strong creeping red, slender creeping red, Chewings, hard, and sheep fescue reliably.
- Creeping red forms can make rhizomes, while other common fine fescues are bunchier. This needs a named-species variant before a reviewed 3D claim.
- Blade
- Very Fine (1-2mm)
- Tip & shape
- Very narrow, needle-like
- Surface
- Needle-like
- Spreads by
- Bunch-type
