Tall fescue is a cool-season, perennial grass species that is best suited to temperate, humid climate zones. In the Köppen-Geiger climate classification system (Fig. 3-2), this description corresponds to GROUP C: Temperate/mesothermal climates, including Mediterranean (Csa, Csb), Humid subtropical (Cfa, Cwa), and Maritime temperate (Cfb, Cwb), and GROUP D: Continental/microthermal climates, including Hot Summer Continental climates (Dfa, Dwa, Dsa) and Warm Summer Continental or Hemiboreal climates (Dfb, Dwb, Dsb) (Kottek et al., 2006).

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Fig. 3-2.  World map of the Köppen-Geiger climate classification system (from http://koeppen-geiger.vu-wien.ac.at/; verified 19 Mar. 2010). 
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