Festuca arundinacea

Basic information
Scientific name	Festuca arundinacea	Click to magnify
Common names	Tall fescue, Tall meadow fescue, Alta fescue
Higher taxon	Poaceae, Poales, Liliopsida, Magnoliophyta
Natural range	Europe.
Habitat	Some kind of farm area, grassland, stream, urban area, vacancy, waterfront.

Invasion information
Range in Japan	Hookaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu
Origin	Unknown.
Date	The first record was in 1905.
Route	Deliberate: As pasture grass, for some evironmental modification
Impact	Competition with native plants and crop plants. Allelopathy. Host of insects and fungi. Allergen for hay fever. Native organism(s) affected: Native plants and crop plants.
Regulation in Japan	Regulated introduction in Saga Pref.
Introduced range in other countries	Africa, Asia, Oceania, and North and Latin America.

Reference	Notes
Hotta et al. (1989) Useful Plants of the World. Heibonsha, Tokyo (in Jpn) Ecol Soc Jpn (ed) (2002) Handbook of Alien Species in Japan. Chijinshokan, Tokyo (in Jpn) Shimizu (ed) (2003) Naturalized Plants of Japan. Heibonsha, Tokyo (in Jpn) etc.	100 of the Japan’s Worst Invasive Alien Species