The Flora of Derbyshire - Checklist, Maps and Sample Accounts

THIS IS A DRAFT

The species account below is an early version, drafted around 2003. It has been provided here to aid understanding, but please be aware it may not fully tally with the up-to-date map and statistics shown below.

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Dates
First year: 1973
Latest year: 1978

County Status
Casual

Family
Poaceae

Total records held
3

Grid Square Count

1987-2007	Ever
Monads: 0	2
Tetrads: 0	2
Hectads: 0	2

Conservation Status

Account last edited
Jun 14 2004

Explanation of terms

Species Details

Hard Fescue is a tufted casual perennial of roadsides where it is introduced in grass-seed mixes. There are no recent records and only two previous ones (SK1371 in 1973 and SK2164 in 1974). Preston XXet al. (2002) record that the plants from Taddington in Derbyshire at 365 metres as holding the altitudinal record for this species in Britain. It is a native of Europe.