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Poa is Greek for fodder and pratensis is derived from pratum, the Latin for meadow. The name Kentucky bluegrass derives from its flower heads, which are blue when the plant is allowed to grow to its natural height of 60 to 90 cm (2 to 3 feet). [9] Poa pratensis is the type species of the grass family Poaceae. Five subspecies are accepted. [10]
Poa [2] 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 is Greek for 'fodder'. Poa are members of the subfamily Pooideae of the family Poaceae.
Range Management graduate research assistant recording line point intercept data on southern New Mexican rangeland.. Rangeland management (also range management, range science, or arid-land management) is a natural science that centers around the study of rangelands and the "conservation and sustainable management [of Arid-Lands] for the benefit of current societies and future generations". [1]
Poa pratensis L. - Kentucky Bluegrass, Smooth Meadow-grass [R, Wo] Poa trivialis L. - Rough-stalked Bluegrass [M, Wo] Schizachyrium scoparium Michx.
Poa acicularifolia Buchanan; Poa acinaciphylla É.Desv. Poa acroleuca Steud. Poa adusta J.Presl; Poa aequalis (Swallen & Tovar) Refulio; Poa aequatoriensis Hack. Poa aequigluma Tovar; Poa affinis R.Br. Poa afghanica Bor; Poa aitchisonii Boiss. Poa ajanensis Prob. Poa akmanii Soreng, P.Hein & H.Scholz; Poa alberti Regel; Poa albescens Hitchc ...
Poaceae (/ p oʊ ˈ eɪ s i. iː,-s i aɪ / poh-AY-see-e(y)e), also called Gramineae (/ ɡ r ə ˈ m ɪ n i. iː,-n i aɪ / grə-MIN-ee-e(y)e), is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of monocotyledonous flowering plants commonly known as grasses.
Compare to annual meadow grass Poa annua which is silvery and pointed, and common meadow grass Poa pratensis which is short and blunt. The roughish, slender stem grows 30 to 60 cm (1 to 2 ft.) high. Compare with smooth meadow grass Poa annua which has a smooth stem. The panicle is green and 15 cm (6 in.) long.
Magnaporthe poae is an ascomycete fungus which causes the turfgrass disease commonly known as summer patch, or Poa patch. [2] The disease occurs mostly on Kentucky bluegrass (Poa pratensis), Fescues (Festuca sp.), and on Annual bluegrass (Poa annua). [3] Bentgrass (Agrostis sp.) may also become infected but shows very few symptoms and quickly ...