Poaceae
Festuca altissima
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Festuca
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Common names
By language (17)
- Arabic
- فستوكة عالية
- arz
- فستوكه عاليه
- Belarusian
- Аўсяніца высокая, Аўсяніца лясная
- Czech
- Kostřava lesní
- Dutch
- Boszwenkgras
- Estonian
- Mets-aruhein
- Finnish
- Metsänata
- French
- Fétuque des bois
- German
- Wald-Schwingel
- hsb
- Lěsna dornica
- Latvian
- Meža auzene
- Lithuanian
- Miškinis eraičinas
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Skogsvingel
- Persian
- علف بره جنگلی
- Polish
- Kostrzewa leśna
- Swedish
- Skogssvingel
- Welsh
- Peiswellt y coed
Synonyms
- Drymochloa sylvatica (Pollich) Holub
- Festuca calamaria var. minor Hook.
- Festuca decidua Bellardi ex Sm.
- Festuca latifolia DC.
- Festuca silvatica Vill.
- Festuca silvatica f. denudata Holmb.
- Festuca sylvatica Vill.
- Festuca sylvatica var. decidua (Bellardi ex Sm.) Steud.
- Festuca sylvatica var. latifolia (DC.) Lamotte
- Festuca sylvatica var. minor Sond.
- Poa binervata P.Beauv.
- Poa sylvatica Pollich
- Poa sylvatica var. subaristata Parn.
- Poa trinervata Ehrh.
- Schedonorus alpinus Hoppe
- Schedonorus altissimus (All.) P.Beauv.
- Schedonorus deciduus (Bellardi ex Sm.) Gray
- Schedonorus latifolius (DC.) Roem. & Schult.
- Schedonorus sylvaticus (Pollich) P.Beauv.
Flowers
- In flower
- May to July (from 9 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
Photos
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alessandro Viscardi, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Mathieu Menand, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mathieu Menand, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Andrea Moro, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Andrea Moro, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Andrea Moro, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Andrea Moro, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Andrea Moro, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Andrea Moro, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jan Wesenberg, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.