PLANTS Profile for Poa cusickii (Cusick's bluegrass)

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PLANTS Profile

Poa cusickii Vasey
Cusick's bluegrass

Symbol:

POCU3

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Poa cusickii Vasey

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Distribution:
Poa cusickii Vasey


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USA (CA, CO, ID, MT, ND, NV, OR, UT, WA, WY), CAN (AB, BC, MB, SK, YT)

Related Taxa:
Poa cusickii Vasey

View 338 genera in Poaceae, 96 species in Poa or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Poa cusickii ssp. cusickii
Cusick's bluegrass

Poa cusickii ssp. epilis
Cusick's bluegrass

Poa cusickii ssp. pallida
Cusick's bluegrass

Poa cusickii ssp. purpurascens
Cusick's bluegrass

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Poa cusickii Vasey

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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 cusickii Vasey – Cusick's bluegrass

More Accounts and Images:
Poa cusickii Vasey

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 41121.

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 1 propagation protocol from Native Plants Network.

Time Generated: 09/21/2008 08:45 PM MDT