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Poa
Poa is a genus of about 570 species of grasses, native to the temperate regions of both hemispheres. Common names include meadow-grass (mainly in Europe and Asia), bluegrass (mainly in North America), tussock (some New Zealand species), and speargrass. Poa (πόα) is Greek for 'fodder'. Poa are members of the subfamily Pooideae of the family Poaceae.
Bluegrass, which has green leaves, derives its name from the seed heads, which are blue when the plant is allowed to grow to its natural height of two to three feet (0.6 to 0.9 meters).
6 branches of this group, most-observed first
Smooth Meadow-grass
speciesPoa pratensis
Narrow-leaved Meadow-grass
speciesPoa angustifolia
Alpigene Bluegrass
speciesPoa alpigena
Spreading Meadow-grass
speciesPoa humilis
Alpine bluegrass
speciesPoa cenisia
Poa legionensis
speciesPoa legionensis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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Every page naming Poa in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1633970.