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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.
Culm of Bromus sterilis, showing typical grass morphology with blade-like leaves and inflorescence as spikelets organised in a panicle. Poaceae, also known as the true grasses, is the fourth largest plant family in the world with around 12,000 species and roughly 800 genera.
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.
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. Poa × alexandrae Prob. Poa almasovii Golub; Poa alopecurus (Gaudich. ex Mirb.) Kunth; Poa alpigena ...
Poa arctica ssp. arctica – native; Poa arctica ssp. caespitans – native; Poa flexuosa – native; Poa glauca – native; Poa hartzii – native; Poa nemoralis – native; Poa palustris – introduced; Poa pratensis – native; Poa pratensis ssp. alpigena – native; Poa pratensis ssp. colpodea – native; Poa pratensis ssp. irrigata ...
Poa annua, or annual meadow grass (known in America more commonly as annual bluegrass or simply poa), is a widespread low-growing turfgrass in temperate climates. Notwithstanding the reference to annual plant in its name, perennial bio-types do exist. [2] This grass originated as a hybrid between Poa supina and Poa infirma. [3]
Festuca (fescue) is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the grass family Poaceae (subfamily Pooideae).They are evergreen or herbaceous perennial tufted grasses with a height range of 10–200 cm (4–79 in) and a cosmopolitan distribution, occurring on every continent except Antarctica. [2]