Talk:Fescue

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[edit] Pop-up Banner Advertising - Removed Link

I have removed the following link because of suspicous html coding:

• KPR Gardeners Club, Slovakia, photos of a number of fescues

2share 17:28, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] socio-economic impact

I would like to see something added here beyond the dry botanical facts. Based on my parent's oral histories the introduction of fescue to this area (Georgia piedmont, and I suspect broad areas of the South) in the 1950's allowed the predominant rural population to diversify into cattle farming since fescue would stay green through the winter as opposed to native grasses that turned brown and dormant. Previously cattle were not raised for trade but only for milk for this reason. The fact that cattle were not raised for personal slaughter was also because beef could not be preserved without electrically powered freezers - pork could. After fescue was introduced the old cotton fields and woodlands were converted into cattle pastures. Now fescue seems to have naturalized in my area, even along the roadsides and lawns. Native grasses are rather difficult to find. I am loath to edit the article myself in preference for a scholarly treatment from a specialist in the field, and more is needed than my anecdotal evidence.

Lector avidus 02:47, 7 September 2007 (UTC)