Festuca baffinensis also called the Baffin Island fescue is a species of grass in the Poaceae family. The name was published in Bulletin of the National Museum of Canada in 1940. The specific name 'baffinensis' was named after Baffin Island in canada.[1] This species is native Subarctic Northern Hemisphere to W. Central U.S.A. It was first described in 1940 by Polunin. [2]
Festuca baffinensis have culms that are 5 - 25 centimeteres long, that are densely pubescent or either pilose near the inflorense. The sheaths are close about half their length.
Festuca baffinensis is a perennial plant and mainly grows in temperate biomes or volcanic areas.[3]