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Cool season

Tall Fescue

Schedonorus arundinaceus · Zones 4 to 7

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What to notice

Blade tip

The very end of a blade can look pointed, round, or like the front of a tiny boat. This small shape helps tell grasses apart.

On this grassThe broad blade tapers to a pointed tip rather than closing into a boat shape.

Species details and sources

A tough, drought-tolerant cool-season grass with deep roots. Excellent for transition zones and low-maintenance lawns.

Licensed field reference

**Coarse, ribbed blades**Photo: wild_wind · CC BY 4.0

ID fingerprint

Broad, pointed blade
Many equal-sized lengthwise veins
Primarily bunch-forming

Photos worth taking

Widest, coarsest blades of the common cool-season lawns, with prominent ribbing/veins on the upper surface
Grows in bunches — thin lawns show distinct coarse clumps
Medium-to-dark green; keeps color deep into summer when neighbors brown

Model boundaries

Turf-type cultivar variation is not represented by this single normalized specimen.
Penn State notes that short rhizomes may occur, while the Minnesota lawn reference describes no rhizomes. Keep rhizomes optional and visually secondary.
The collar auricle conflict must be resolved by a turfgrass expert before the model is promoted.

Blade: Wide (3-8mm)
Tip & shape: Flat with prominent midrib
Surface: Coarse, rough edges
Spreads by: Clumping/bunch-type

Checked againstThe Cool-season Turfgrasses: Identification Tall Fescue Identifying common cool-season perennial pasture grasses

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