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Poa alpigena
Poa alpigena is a species of grass in the family Poaceae. It occurs in mountainous regions. Its specific epithet "alpigena" means "growing in the alpine".
Poa alpigena occurs in alpine meadows, wet slopes, bogs, and other similar wet areas. It can be found from Greenland and Labrador to the Yukon, and as far south as Newfoundland, Michigan, Prince Edward Island, and the alpine areas of the White Mountains. In terms of soil content, P. alpigena prefers loose, deep soil, especially sandy alluvium.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Poa alpigena by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
