Festuca filiformis [tenuifolia] Pourret 1788 (Family Poaceae)

Height: 20-30cm
Perennial, Tufts, Lacks Persistent Seed Bank
Hermaphrodite, Flowering May - July (Earliest: 29.5)

Biotopes:
Meadows
Pollination: Wind
Possible Parasites:
Several Chloropidae Larvae (Stem Borers)

Cerodontha denticornis Larva (Leaf Miner)

Elachista canapennella Larva (Leaf Miner)
Possible Herbivores:
Several Crambidae Larvae

Several Noctuidae Larvae

Cnephasia incertana

Dolerus nitens

Pachynematus obductus Larva

Several Chrysomelidae
Possible Sapivores:
Several Aphididae

Several Cicadellidae

Delphacodes venosus

Jassidaeus lugubris

Pithanus maerkelii

Stenodema calcarata
Possible Granivores:
Eurygaster maura

Ecological Flora of the British Isles


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