PLANTS Profile for Poa sylvestris (woodland bluegrass)

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Poa sylvestris A. Gray
woodland bluegrass

Symbol:

POSY

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Robert H. Mohlenbrock. USDA NRCS. 1995. Northeast wetland flora: Field office guide to plant species. Northeast National Technical Center, Chester. Courtesy of USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute. Usage Requirements.

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Poa sylvestris A. Gray

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Distribution:
Poa sylvestris A. Gray


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USA (AL, AR, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MD, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NE, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, SC, SD, TN, TX, VA, WI, WV), CAN (ON)

Related Taxa:
Poa sylvestris A. Gray

View 338 genera in Poaceae, 96 species in Poa

Classification:
Poa sylvestris A. Gray

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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 sylvestris A. Gray – woodland bluegrass

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Poa sylvestris A. Gray

This plant is 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.

New York:
woodland bluegrass		Endangered

Wetland Indicator Status:
Poa sylvestris A. Gray

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FACU,FACW

FACW

FAC+

FAC

FACU

FAC

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Poa sylvestris A. Gray

View species account and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

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 41162.

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 09:00 PM MDT