Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Poa sylvestris
FAMILY
Poaceae
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Learn more about Poa from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Poa sylvestris
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Poa sylvestris
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 24 (2007)
Poa sylvestris
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-15-012:
Poa sylvestris FAMILY Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Poa sylvestris
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Poa sylvestris
COMMON NAME:
Forest Bluegrass, Woodland Bluegrass
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_posy_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_posy_003_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_posy_004_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Poa sylvestris
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Poa sylvestris
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Poa sylvestris
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 24
Poa sylvestris
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-15-012:
Poa sylvestris
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Poa sylvestris
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Poa sylvestris
4301
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Habitat: Moist to dry-mesic forests, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon in Mountains of GA & NC, uncommon in NC Piedmont (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & low alternate, 2-ranked
RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Cespitose [growing in dense tufts, clumping]
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Bisexual
Inflorescence an open panicle
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
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