PLANTS Profile for Poa cuspidata (early bluegrass)

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PLANTS Profile

Poa cuspidata Nutt.
early bluegrass

Symbol:

POCU4

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48

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Poa cuspidata Nutt.

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Synonyms:
Poa cuspidata Nutt.

POBR11

Poa brachyphylla Schult.

Distribution:
Poa cuspidata Nutt.


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USA (AL, DC, DE, GA, IN, KY, LA, MD, NC, NJ, NY, OH, PA, SC, TN, VA, WV)

Related Taxa:
Poa cuspidata Nutt.

View 338 genera in Poaceae, 96 species in Poa

Classification:
Poa cuspidata Nutt.

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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 cuspidata Nutt. – early bluegrass

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Poa cuspidata Nutt.

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.

Indiana:
bluegrass		Extirpated
New York:
bluegrass		Endangered

More Accounts and Images:
Poa cuspidata Nutt.

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 41122.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Time Generated: 09/21/2008 07:26 AM MDT