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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 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 .
Poa abbreviata R.Br. 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 ...
“America is unique in its fixation on the monoculture lawn,” says Dennis Liu, vice president of education at the E.O. Wilson Biodiversity Foundation in Durham, North Carolina. America's love ...
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.
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 ...
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]
ABC’s Good Morning America has a stacked cast that currently includes Robin Roberts, George Stephanopoulos, Michael Strahan, Lara Spencer and Ginger Zee. But the hosts of the most popular ...