Poa glauca Vahl is a plant in the Poaceae family, order Poales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Poa glauca Vahl

Poa glauca Vahl

Poa glauca Vahl is a perennial bunchgrass with a circumboreal distribution, also found in Patagonia, that grows in northern and alpine areas.

Family
Genus
Poa
Order
Poales
Class
Liliopsida

About Poa glauca Vahl

Poa glauca Vahl is a grass species with the common names glaucous bluegrass, glaucous meadow-grass, and white bluegrass. It has a circumboreal distribution that covers all northern regions of the Northern Hemisphere, and it is also found in Patagonia. It is a common grass that grows in Arctic and alpine climates as well as other areas. It can be found across the Canadian Arctic Archipelago in many habitat types, including disturbed and barren areas. This species is a perennial bunchgrass that forms small, dense clumps of waxy leaves and stems. Its maximum height reaches around 80 centimeters, but it often stays dwarfed at no more than 10 centimeters tall. Its inflorescence has a variable appearance, forming either a short or long structure made up of thin branches that hold spikelets.

Photo: (c) Brian Starzomski, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Brian Starzomski · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Liliopsida Poales Poaceae Poa

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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