Poa pratensis
From Natural History of Southeast Alaska
Kentucky Bluegrass (Poa pratensis): Collections from the northern half of the region, reports in AKEPIC from across the region in human impacted locations. (Native susbspecies primarily found in the north?)
Local Notes
References
Weblinks
- e-FloraBC page for Poa pratensis
- USDAPLANTS page for Poa pratensis
- EthnoBotany page for Poa pratensis
- GrassManual page for Poa pratensis
- PacNW Herbaria Records for Poa pratensis
- Search Arctos Database for Poa pratensis (Southeast only)
- Search Arctos Database for Poa pratensis (entire database)
- Encyclopedia of Life search for Poa pratensis
- iNaturalist Observations for Poa pratensis in Southeast Alaska
Other References
- Muller: gen; waste places, open areas, intro
- Hall 2010: "River banks, roadsides, lawns, bogs, spits, talus slopes, meadows and disturbed sites in most of Alaska. Indigenous and adventive in our region."
- Skinner, et al 2012: [as P. p. ssp colpodea] "Native grass of the high Arctic. Often found on dry tundra and diturbed sites. The common Kentucky bluegrass species of arctic coastal plains." [dot on map from Stikine River area] [as P. p. ssp alpigena] "Native grass found across Alaska. often growing in the same locality as P. pratensis subsp. colpodea, but is not viviparous." [dots on map from northern mainland] [as P. p. ssp angustifolia] "Introduced grass often used for lawns and turf.... Often eliminates native grasses because it is strongly rhizomatous and sod forming." [as P. p. ssp pratensis] "Introduced grass often used for lawns and turf. Often eliminates native grasses because it is strongly rhiomatous and sod forming."
