Perennial Forage Grass • Pasture • Hay
Tall Fescue
Fawn
Festuca arundinacea
Fawn is a deep-rooted, cool-season perennial forage tall fescue selected for strong establishment, dependable pasture performance, grazing tolerance, and adaptation across a wide range of Western forage systems.
About Tall Fescue
Tall fescue is a long-lived, cool-season perennial bunchgrass used extensively in pasture, hay, conservation, erosion-control, and agricultural seed mixtures.
Its deep root system and durable growth habit give tall fescue good persistence under grazing and make it adaptable to a broad range of soil and moisture conditions.
Compared with many cool-season forage grasses, tall fescue is particularly useful where traffic, grazing pressure, summer heat, or variable soil conditions are important considerations.
Fawn Tall Fescue
An Oregon-Developed Forage Variety
Fawn was developed through the Oregon State forage breeding program and released in 1964.
The variety was selected for improved seed and forage performance and became one of the traditional forage tall fescues used throughout the Pacific Northwest and other Western production areas.
Fawn is an earlier-maturing forage type with good seedling vigor and regrowth characteristics. It is well suited to pasture, hay, conservation plantings, and forage mixtures where a durable perennial grass is needed.
Forage Characteristics
Why Plant Fawn Tall Fescue?
Fawn combines perennial persistence with a durable growth habit suited to grazing and forage systems.
Grazing Tolerance
Fawn can tolerate managed grazing and livestock traffic, making it useful in durable pasture systems.
Deep Rooting
Tall fescue develops a deep root system that contributes to persistence and access to moisture deeper in the soil profile.
Heat & Dry-Period Tolerance
Tall fescue generally maintains better tolerance of heat and dry conditions than many other cool-season forage grasses.
Long-Lived Perennial
Once established and properly managed, tall fescue can persist for multiple years in pasture and forage systems.
Traffic Tolerance
Its durable crown and root system allow established plants to withstand livestock traffic and repeated use.
Broad Adaptation
Tall fescue can perform across a wide range of soils and moisture conditions when properly established and managed.
Establishment
Establish Fawn in a Firm, Well-Prepared Seedbed
For a full stand, Fawn tall fescue is typically seeded at 20–25 lb/acre. Rates should be reduced when tall fescue is used as one component of a pasture or forage mixture.
Plant seed shallowly, approximately ¼–½ inch deep, into a firm seedbed with good seed-to-soil contact. Avoid placing the seed too deeply.
New stands should be allowed to develop adequate roots and tillers before heavy grazing. Grazing young plants too early can reduce stand persistence.
Where Fawn Fits
Pasture, Hay & Conservation Applications
Irrigated Pasture
A persistent perennial grass for productive irrigated grazing systems and pasture mixtures.
Hay Production
Can be used for grass hay or in mixtures with compatible forage legumes and perennial grasses.
Grazing Systems
Well suited to managed livestock pasture where persistence and traffic tolerance are priorities.
Erosion Control
Persistent roots and perennial cover make tall fescue useful in waterways, conservation plantings, and erosion-control mixtures.
Pasture Management
Manage for Persistence & Forage Quality
Tall fescue is durable, but good management still improves stand life, forage utilization, and livestock performance.
Forage quality declines as plants become mature and produce seed heads, so timely grazing or hay harvest is important when feed quality is a priority.
Fawn Tall Fescue Seed
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