EVSC380 - has rhizomes, densely tufted culms, auricles absent, blades scabrous.
Grasses of Saskatchewan (Anna L. Leighton & Vernon L. Harms)
Characteristics not properly photographed:
Stem beefier/taller than F. saximontana, very rough to the touch; bases purple; leaves in bunches but not wirey.
Small, tufted fescue. Likely F. saximontana. A sample was taken for keying.