PLANTS Profile for Poa laxa (Mt. Washington bluegrass)

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PLANTS Profile

Poa laxa Haenke
Mt. Washington bluegrass

Symbol:

POLA10

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 1: 254. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Poa laxa Haenke

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Distribution:
Poa laxa Haenke


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USA (CO, ME, MT, NH, NY, OR, VT, WY), CAN (AB, BC, LB, NF, QC)

Related Taxa:
Poa laxa Haenke

View 342 genera in Poaceae, 96 species in Poa or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Distribution of Poa laxa Haenke ssp. banffiana Soreng. .

Poa laxa ssp. banffiana
Banff bluegrass

Distribution of Poa laxa Haenke ssp. fernaldiana (Nannf.) Hyl.. .

Poa laxa ssp. fernaldiana
Fernald's bluegrass

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Poa laxa Haenke

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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 laxa Haenke – Mt. Washington bluegrass

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Poa laxa Haenke

The related entities and synonyms italicized and indented below are 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.

Maine:
Poa fernaldiana [=POLAF]
wavy bluegrass		Endangered
New Hampshire:
Poa fernaldiana [=POLAF]
wavy bluegrass		Endangered
New York:
Poa fernaldiana [=POLAF]
Fernald bluegrass		Endangered

More Accounts and Images:
Poa laxa Haenke

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 504470.

Time Generated: 05/23/2013 10:43 PM CDT