[3] The common name six-week fescue is because it supplies about 6 weeks of cattle forage after a rain.

[4] This bunchgrass is native to North America occurring across a large part of Canada, in all of the lower 48 contiguous United States, and Baja California of Mexico.

[5][6] It grows in open, sunny places between shrubs and in burn areas.

[3] It is commonly found in burn areas after a fire.

[3] Festuca octoflora/Vulpia octoflora varieties include: