PLANTS Profile for Poa saltuensis (oldpasture bluegrass)

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Poa saltuensis Fernald & Wiegand
oldpasture bluegrass

Symbol:

POSA

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N
SPM		N

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Line Drawing of Poa saltuensis Fernald & Wiegand

Poa debilis

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 255. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Poa saltuensis Fernald & Wiegand

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Synonyms:
Poa saltuensis Fernald & Wiegand

	PODE6	Poa debilis Torr.
	POLA2	Poa languida Hitchc.
	POSAM	Poa saltuensis Fernald & Wiegand var. microlepis Fernald & Wieg.

Distribution:
Poa saltuensis Fernald & Wiegand


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USA (CT, IA, IL, IN, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, TN, VA, VT, WI, WV), CAN (NB, NF, NS, ON, PE, QC), FRA (SPM)

Related Taxa:
Poa saltuensis Fernald & Wiegand

View 338 genera in Poaceae, 96 species in Poa

Classification:
Poa saltuensis Fernald & Wiegand

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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 saltuensis Fernald & Wiegand – oldpasture bluegrass

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Poa saltuensis Fernald & Wiegand

This plant and 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.

Illinois:
Poa languida
woodland bluegrass		Endangered
Kentucky:
drooping blue grass		Endangered
Maryland:
drooping bluegrass		Endangered
Massachusetts:
Poa languida
drooping speargrass		Endangered
New Jersey:
old-pasture spear grass		Endangered
Ohio:
pasture bluegrass		Endangered
Pennsylvania:
Poa languida
woodland bluegrass		Threatened
Rhode Island:
Poa languida
weak bluegrass		Special Concern
Tennessee:
drooping bluegrass		Special Concern
Poa languida
drooping bluegrass		Threatened

More Accounts and Images:
Poa saltuensis Fernald & Wiegand

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 41157.

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

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Time Generated: 09/21/2008 09:09 PM MDT