Native Plants

Bluebunch Fescue

Festuca idahoensis
Location

May not be native

Use Location
Type
Grasses
Attributes
Fruit, Nuts, Seeds
This perennial grass also goes by Bunchgrass Fescue and Idaho Fescue. It grows in tufts 2 1/2 feet high and 1 1/2 feet wide with blue-green to gray-green stems and flowering stalks. It is drought tolerant and does well in full sun to partial shade and rocky soils, as well as in containers.

May Attract

Bluebunch Fescue is thought to attract these families of birds
Family
Cardinals, Grosbeaks and Buntings
Family
Chickadees and Titmice
Family
Crows, Magpies, Jays
Family
Finches
Family
Mockingbirds and Thrashers
Family
Nuthatches
Family
Blackbirds and Orioles
Family
New World Sparrows
Family
Vireos
Family
Waxwings
Family
Wood Warblers
Family
Woodpeckers

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Ruby-throated Hummingbird at a butterflyweed. Photo: Dave Maslowski