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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]
During the 1990s, botanists began experimenting with producing hybrids of Texas bluegrass and Kentucky bluegrass (Poa pratensis) for use as wintering foraging plant for grazing livestock [citation needed] and as a drought-resistant lawn grass.
Poa trivialis (rough meadow-grass), showing the ligule structure 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 .
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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 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]
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Turf melting out is caused by the fungal pathogen Dreschlera poae, in the family Pleosporaceae.It is a common problem on turfgrass and affects many different species. The disease infects all parts of the plant most commonly on golf course roughs, sports fields, and home lawns.