PLANTS Profile for Poa secunda (Sandberg bluegrass)

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PLANTS Profile

Poa secunda J. Presl
Sandberg bluegrass

Symbol:

POSE

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		N
AK		N
CAN		N

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Poa juncifolia

Robert H. Mohlenbrock. USDA NRCS. 1992. Western wetland flora: Field office guide to plant species. West Region, Sacramento. Courtesy of USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute. Usage Requirements.

More Information:

Synonym Information:

POSC: Fact Sheet (pdf) (doc)

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Poa secunda J. Presl

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Synonyms:
Poa secunda J. Presl

FEOR	Festuca oregona Vasey
POAM	Poa ampla Merr.
POBR12	Poa brachyglossa Piper
POBU4	Poa buckleyana Nash
POCA	Poa canbyi (Scribn.) Howell
POCO17	Poa confusa Rydb.
POEN2	Poa englishii H. St. John & Hardin
POGR	Poa gracillima Vasey
POGRM	Poa gracillima Vasey var. multnomae (Piper) C.L. Hitchc.
POIN24	Poa incurva Scribn. & T.A. Williams
POJU	Poa juncifolia Scribn.
POJUP	Poa juncifolia Scribn. ssp. porteri D.D. Keck
POJUA	Poa juncifolia Scribn. var. ampla (Merr.) Dorn
POJUJ	Poa juncifolia Scribn. var. juncifolia
POLA15	Poa laevigata Scribn.
PONE3	Poa nevadensis Vasey ex Scribn.
PONEJ	Poa nevadensis Vasey ex Scribn. var. juncifolia (Scribn.) Beetle
POOR4	Poa orcuttiana Vasey
POSA12	Poa sandbergii Vasey
POSC	Poa scabrella (Thurb.) Benth. ex Vasey
POSEJ	Poa secunda J. Presl ssp. juncifolia (Scribn.) Soreng
POSES6	Poa secunda J. Presl ssp. secunda	one-sided bluegrass
POSEE	Poa secunda J. Presl var. elongata (Vasey) Dorn
POSEI2	Poa secunda J. Presl var. incurva (Scribn. & T.A. Williams) Beetle
POSES3	Poa secunda J. Presl var. stenophylla (Vasey) Beetle
POSTS	Poa stenantha Trin. var. sandbergii (Vasey) B. Boivin

Distribution:
Poa secunda J. Presl


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USA (AK, AZ, CA, CO, ID, ME, MI, MN, MT, ND, NE, NM, NV, OK, OR, SD, UT, WA, WY), CAN (AB, BC, NT, ON, QC, SK, YT)

Related Taxa:
Poa secunda J. Presl

View 338 genera in Poaceae, 96 species in Poa

Classification:
Poa secunda J. Presl

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Commelinidae
Order	Cyperales
Family	Poaceae – Grass family
Genus	Poa L. – bluegrass
Species	Poa secunda J. Presl – Sandberg bluegrass

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Poa secunda J. Presl

The synonyms italicized and indented below are listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Michigan:
Poa canbyi
Canby's bluegrass		Endangered

Wetland Indicator Status:
Poa secunda J. Presl

Poa ampla:

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

Reg. 2

Reg. 3

Reg. 4

Reg. 5

Reg. 6

Reg. 7

Reg. 8

Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

UPL,FAC-

FAC-

UPL

FACU

Poa gracillima:

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

Reg. 2

Reg. 3

Reg. 4

Reg. 5

Reg. 6

Reg. 7

Reg. 8

Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

UPL,FACU

UPL

FACU-

FACU*

Poa juncifolia:

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

Reg. 2

Reg. 3

Reg. 4

Reg. 5

Reg. 6

Reg. 7

Reg. 8

Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FACU,FAC

FAC

FAC-

FAC

FACU+

FACU

Poa nevadensis:

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

Reg. 2

Reg. 3

Reg. 4

Reg. 5

Reg. 6

Reg. 7

Reg. 8

Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FACU-,FACW

FAC

FACW

FACU

FAC*

FAC

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Poa secunda J. Presl

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account from USDA Forest Service Fire Effects Information System (FEIS).

View species account and distribution map from the Grass Manual on the Web.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 41103.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View 6 propagation protocols from Native Plants Network.

Related Web Sites:
Poa secunda J. Presl

AK-Department of Natural Resources

Botanical Electronic News-Identification of Poa secunda Aggregate

CA-Jepson Manual

ID-Palouse Prairie Foundation Newsletter

IN-Purdue University Center for New Crops

LA-Louisiana State University Herbarium Specimens

UK-World Grass Species Descriptions

USDA NRCS Montana Plant Materials Center

USDA NRCS Washington Plant Materials Center

UT-Utah State University Range Plants

WA-University of Washington Burke Herbarium

Time Generated: 09/17/2008 01:55 PM MDT