Lolium arundinaceum

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-016018",
  "term": "Lolium arundinaceum",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "Tall fescue, previously known as Festuca and Lolium arundinaceum, is a cool season, perennial, sod-forming bunchgrass. It is a coarse and long-lived grass, with each bunch having 10 to 30 hollow stems, also known as culms, that are 1 - 6 ft. tall (0.5-2 m). The culms bear a branched flowering structure called a panicle with 5 to 15 flower spikelets that are ½ to ¾ in. (10-19 mm) long, each spikelet containing 3 to 10 florets. The lemmas are about 1/3 in. (7-9 mm) long and have awns that are 1/100 to 2/10 in. (0.3-4 mm) long. The leaf blades are 4 to 24 in. (10-61 cm) long and 0.2 to 4.0 in. (4-10 mm) wide. Mature panicles have a purplish cast which helps to distinguish them from other grasses. The ciliate auricles (earlike structures at the base of the leaf) help to distinguish tall fescue from meadow fescue (Festuca pratensis).",
  "references": [
    "National Park Service Plant Conservation Alliance at http://www.nps.gov/plants/alien/fact/scph1.htm"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/lolium-arundinaceum/"
}