PLANTS Profile for Poa nemoralis (wood bluegrass)

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PLANTS Profile

Poa nemoralis L.
wood bluegrass

Symbol:

PONE

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		NI
AK		NI
CAN		NI
GL		I
SPM		I

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Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950. Manual of the grasses of the United States. USDA Miscellaneous Publication No. 200. Washington, DC. 1950. Usage Requirements.

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Poa nemoralis L.

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Native Status:
Poa nemoralis L.


View Distribution	Native Introduced

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AK, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DE, IA, ID, IL, IN, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OR, PA, RI, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WY), CAN (AB, BC, LB, MB, NB, NF, NS, NT, ON, QC, SK, YT), DEN (GL), FRA (SPM)

Related Taxa:
Poa nemoralis L.

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

Distribution of Poa nemoralis L. ssp. interior (Rydb.) W.A. Weber. . Image Available.

Poa nemoralis ssp. interior
inland bluegrass

Distribution of Poa nemoralis L. ssp. nemoralis. .

Poa nemoralis ssp. nemoralis
wood bluegrass

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Poa nemoralis L.

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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 nemoralis L. – wood bluegrass

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Poa nemoralis L.

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.

New York:
Poa interior [=PONEI2]
inland bluegrass		Endangered

Introduced Information:
Poa nemoralis L.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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Common Name=	A \| B \| C \| D \| E \| F \| G \| H \| I \| J \| K \| L \| M \| N \| O \| P \| Q \| R \| S \| T \| U \| V \| W \| X \| Y \| Z \| all

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Poa nemoralis L.

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

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Reg. 6

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Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FAC-,FACW

FAC

FAC-

FACW

FAC-

FAC

NI*

FAC

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Poa nemoralis L.

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 41146.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Time Generated: 05/18/2013 12:10 AM CDT