Giant Fescue
Giant Fescue - Schedonorus giganteus
A stout, erect, hairless plant 50 to 150 cm tall with broad (to 18 mm) glossy green leaves. The leaf auricles are reddish-purple and clasp the stem. Panicle is very loose and drooping, with long rough branches occurring singly or in pairs. Spikelets 10 to 15 cm long.
The panicle is branched. Each spikelet contains three or more florets which are markedly awned. The auricles often overlap and have a purplish tinge.
Woods and well shaded places.
June to August.
Perennial.
Fairly frequent throughout Britain except in Northern Scotland.
Fairly common in Leicestershire and Rutland. In the 1979 Flora survey of Leicestershire it was found in 371 of the 617 tetrads.
 Green Lane Sapcote SP 4851 9315 (taken 13.7.2008).JPG)
Graham Calow
Sapcote
13 July 2008, Green Lane Sapcote SP 4851 9315 (taken 4.7.2008),.JPG)
Graham Calow
Sapcote
13 July 2008
auricles are reddish-purple and clasp the stem Green Lane Sapcote SP 4851 9315 een Lane (taken 13.7.2008)..JPG)
Graham Calow
Sapcote
13 July 2008
long prominent awns.. Green Lane Sapcote SP 4851 9315 (taken 6.8..2008),.JPG)
Graham Calow
Sapcote
13 July 2008
purple nodes
 Green Lane Sapcote SP 4851 9315 (taken 13.7.2008).JPG)
, Green Lane Sapcote SP 4851 9315 (taken 4.7.2008),.JPG)
 Green Lane Sapcote SP 4851 9315 een Lane (taken 13.7.2008)..JPG)
. Green Lane Sapcote SP 4851 9315 (taken 6.8..2008),.JPG)
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Epichloe festucae
Epichloe festucae galls the stems of Festuca species, Koeleria species and Schedonorus species. The gall often has a rather tubular appearance. It is white in the early stages, yellowing when mature.