Poa palustris Calflora

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Taxon Report

Poa palustris L.

Fowl blue grass, Fowl bluegrass

2024 Matt Berger

2015 David popp

2008 Keir Morse

2008 Louis-M. Landry

Poa palustris is a perennial grasslike herb that is not native to California.


	Plant Range Observation Search ~241 records in California Plant Characteristics

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Genus:	Poa
Family:	Poaceae
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Monocot
Jepson eFlora section: monocot

Wetlands: Equally likely to occur in wetlands and non wetlands

Habitat: meadows

Communities: Sagebrush Scrub, Yellow Pine Forest, wetland-riparian

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + PLANTS

Alternate Names:


PLANTS	Poa crocata
PLANTS	Poa eyerdamii
PLANTS	Poa triflora

Information about Poa palustris from other sources


Jepson eFlora USDA PLANTS Profile (POPA2) Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist	ITIS Original Publication citation International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) BONAP Distribution Map Consortium of California Herbaria 2	Add an Observation Location Suitability Distribution by County
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Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2024. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 12/21/2024).