Family: Poaceae
fowl meadow grass, marsh bluegrass
[Poa crocata Michx., more...]
Robert W. Freckmann
Emmet J. Judziewicz
University of Wisconsin - Madison (WIS-VP)
Etymology: Poa: ancient Greek name for "grass" or "fodder"
Plants: perennial grass
Conservation Status: Native
Plants: perennial grass
Conservation Status: Native
Ditches, low areas along roads and railroads, along streams and riverbanks, river ledges and rocks, springy areas, wet cliffs and talus slopes, low meadows and clearings, springy areas, lakeshores, pond margins, beaches, clay bluffs, sandspits, alder thickets, willow thickets, shrub carr, sedge meadows, wet fields, rocky shores, marshes, wet prairies, dune swales, floodplain forests and swamps of black ash, black ash-white cedar, black ash-elm-balsam poplar, green ash-river birch-swamp white oak, silver maple-green ash-black ash-elm; upland woods of aspen, birch-aspen-red maple, oak-maple, hemlock-white cedar, maple-aspen-balsam fir.
One of our most common native wetland grasses, found across the entire state but rare in the Driftless Area.
One of our most common native wetland grasses, found across the entire state but rare in the Driftless Area.
- lemma with cobwebby hairs at base and hairs on the margin (at least near base)
- ligule 2.5 to 5 mm long
- large in atature with large diffuse panicle
- common in wetlands
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 Grasses of Iowa: Detailed photographs, descriptions, maps Canada Agriculture and Agri-Food
Alberta Government: "The identification of certain native and naturalized grasses by their vegetative characters", S.E. Clarke, J.A. Campbell and W. Shevkenek. 1950.
(Publication no. 762 ; Technical bulletin no. 50). Drawings, descriptions. USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS): Images of seeds, fruits, embryos, etc.
Alberta Government: "The identification of certain native and naturalized grasses by their vegetative characters", S.E. Clarke, J.A. Campbell and W. Shevkenek. 1950.
(Publication no. 762 ; Technical bulletin no. 50). Drawings, descriptions. USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS): Images of seeds, fruits, embryos, etc.
Emmet J. Judziewicz
