[Fescue Grasses: The Genus Festuca East of the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington]

Blue Bunchgrass, Bluebunch Fescue, Idaho Fescue

Festuca idahoensis

Synonyms: Festuca idahoensis ssp. idahoensis, Festuca idahoensis var. idahoensis, Festuca idahoensis var. oregona, Festuca ingrata, Festuca occidentalis var. ingrata, Festuca occidentalis var. oregona, Festuca ovina var. columbiana, Festuca ovina var. ingrata, Festuca ovina var. oregona

Panicle branches and spikelets of Blue Bunchgrass, Bluebunch Fescue, Idaho Fescue: Festuca idahoensis (Synonyms: Festuca idahoensis ssp. idahoensis, Festuca idahoensis var. idahoensis, Festuca idahoensis var. oregona, Festuca ingrata, Festuca occidentalis var. ingrata, Festuca occidentalis var. oregona, Festuca ovina var. columbiana, Festuca ovina var. ingrata, Festuca ovina var. oregona) - Spikelets of Blue Bunchgrass, Bluebunch Fescue, Idaho Fescue: Festuca idahoensis (Synonyms: Festuca idahoensis ssp. idahoensis, Festuca idahoensis var. idahoensis, Festuca idahoensis var. oregona, Festuca ingrata, Festuca occidentalis var. ingrata, Festuca occidentalis var. oregona, Festuca ovina var. columbiana, Festuca ovina var. ingrata, Festuca ovina var. oregona) - Blue Bunchgrass, Bluebunch Fescue, Idaho Fescue: Festuca idahoensis (Synonyms: Festuca idahoensis ssp. idahoensis, Festuca idahoensis var. idahoensis, Festuca idahoensis var. oregona, Festuca ingrata, Festuca occidentalis var. ingrata, Festuca occidentalis var. oregona, Festuca ovina var. columbiana, Festuca ovina var. ingrata, Festuca ovina var. oregona)

Close-up images of the panicle branches and spikelets of Idaho fescue observed along the Fremont National Recreation Trail #160 on the eastern slopes of Crook Peak, Fremont-Winema National Forest......July 17, 2022.

Blue Bunchgrass, Bluebunch Fescue, Idaho Fescue: Festuca idahoensis (Synonyms: Festuca idahoensis ssp. idahoensis, Festuca idahoensis var. idahoensis, Festuca idahoensis var. oregona, Festuca ingrata, Festuca occidentalis var. ingrata, Festuca occidentalis var. oregona, Festuca ovina var. columbiana, Festuca ovina var. ingrata, Festuca ovina var. oregona) - Blue Bunchgrass, Bluebunch Fescue, Idaho Fescue: Festuca idahoensis (Synonyms: Festuca idahoensis ssp. idahoensis, Festuca idahoensis var. idahoensis, Festuca idahoensis var. oregona, Festuca ingrata, Festuca occidentalis var. ingrata, Festuca occidentalis var. oregona, Festuca ovina var. columbiana, Festuca ovina var. ingrata, Festuca ovina var. oregona)

The photo at left shows the open inflorescence of Idaho fescue as seen on the south-facing slopes of the Ridge of Wonders at about 5560' at the southeastern corner of Mt. Adams.......July 30, 2005. The photo at right shows the open inflorescence of Idaho fescue as seen along the Island Springs Trail #66 on the eastern slopes of Mt. Adams........August 12, 2006.

Blue Bunchgrass, Bluebunch Fescue, Idaho Fescue: Festuca idahoensis (Synonyms: Festuca idahoensis ssp. idahoensis, Festuca idahoensis var. idahoensis, Festuca idahoensis var. oregona, Festuca ingrata, Festuca occidentalis var. ingrata, Festuca occidentalis var. oregona, Festuca ovina var. columbiana, Festuca ovina var. ingrata, Festuca ovina var. oregona) - Blue Bunchgrass, Bluebunch Fescue, Idaho Fescue: Festuca idahoensis (Synonyms: Festuca idahoensis ssp. idahoensis, Festuca idahoensis var. idahoensis, Festuca idahoensis var. oregona, Festuca ingrata, Festuca occidentalis var. ingrata, Festuca occidentalis var. oregona, Festuca ovina var. columbiana, Festuca ovina var. ingrata, Festuca ovina var. oregona)

Spikelets of Idaho fescue observed along the Island Springs Trail #66 on the eastern slopes of Mt. Adams........August 12, 2006.

Paul Slichter