Family: Poaceae
grove bluegrass, woodland bluegrass
Emmet J. Judziewicz
Robert W. Freckmann
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Robert W. Freckmann Herbarium (UWSP)
Etymology: Poa: ancient Greek name for "grass" or "fodder"
Plants: perennial grass
Conservation Status: Native
Plants: perennial grass
Conservation Status: Native
Mesic to wet-mesic forests of sugar maple-yellow birch-basswood, sugar maple-white ash, black ash-elm, sugar maple-hemlock, mixed conifers, sugar maple-beech, sugar maple-red oak-white ash, sugar maple-hemlock-white cedar-yellow birch, white pine-sugar maple, aspen, sugar maple-red oak, oak-basswood; alder thickets, seepage “bogs”, often found along trails and streams or in ravines.
Found across the northern half of the state as well as in a portion of the southern Driftless Area and near Lake Michigan. The inflorescence of this species differs from P. saltuensis in being larger, more widely spreading, and with spikelets not as densely clustered near the branch tips. This is an early-blooming species.
Found across the northern half of the state as well as in a portion of the southern Driftless Area and near Lake Michigan. The inflorescence of this species differs from P. saltuensis in being larger, more widely spreading, and with spikelets not as densely clustered near the branch tips. This is an early-blooming species.
Flora of North America: Flora of North America Floristic Rating: Coefficient of Conservatism = 5, Wetland Indicator = FACW- USDA Plants Database: Federal Distribution and detailed information including photos
Robert W. Freckmann
Robert W. Freckmann
