It was compared to numerous other fescue strains. In one 6-year herbage production study, it produced an average 850 pounds of forage per acre, as much as Idaho Fes cue, a native species. Covar' is somewhat slow to establish. It is a cool season perennial bunchgrass described as a dwarf type of sheep fescue with blue-green foliage, densely tufted, with abundant, short, stiff, narrow basal leaves. Spikelets are 3-4 flowered.
Glumes are lanceolate and glabrous to scaberulous, mostly short-awned.
Lemmas are awn-tipped to awnless. Covar' is resistant to common turf diseases. No insects have adversely affected it to date. Seed does not have to be de-awned and is easily cleaned. Seed may be produced under dryland or with irrigation.