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Poa
Also called Meadow Grasses, Meadow Grass, Meadowgrass, Speargrass, Bluegrass, Meadow Grass, Bluegrasses, Spear Grass
Poa is a genus of about 570 grass species, mostly cool-season, grown as pasture, lawn and ornamental grass. Kentucky bluegrass (Poa pratensis) is the most common lawn species, and it does best in cool climates with regular water.
Poa is a genus of about 570 species of grasses, native to the temperate regions of both hemispheres. Common names include meadow-grass (mainly in Europe and Asia), bluegrass (mainly in North America), tussock (some New Zealand species), and speargrass. Poa (πόα) is Greek for 'fodder'. Poa are members of the subfamily Pooideae of the family Poaceae.
Bluegrass, which has green leaves, derives its name from the seed heads, which are blue when the plant is allowed to grow to its natural height of two to three feet (0.6 to 0.9 meters).
Many of the species are important pasture plants, used extensively by grazing livestock. Kentucky bluegrass (Poa pratensis) is the most extensively used cool-season grass used in lawns, sports fields, and golf courses in the United States. Annual bluegrass (Poa annua) can sometimes be considered a weed.
According to second-century physician Galen, the roots of certain species are good for treating fresh wounds and bleeding. In the sixteenth century, Poa grasses were used to treat inflammation of the kidney.
Annual Meadow Grass · Texas bluegrass · Arctic bluegrass · Fowl bluegrass · Smooth Meadow-grass · Sandberg bluegrass
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Poa by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
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