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Grove bluegrass

Poa alsodes

Also called Grove Meadowgrass, Grove Meadow Grass

Grove bluegrass
Photo: Quinten Wiegersma, CC BY 4.0
Family
Poaceae (Grass family)
Grows as
Grass, Perennial
Water
Likes moisture
Native range
E. Canada to NC. & E. U.S.A.
Climate
temperate

About

Poa alsodes, also known as the grove bluegrass, wood bluegrass, or the grove meadow grass, is a perennial species of grass in the family Poaceae. They are found in North America in areas like eastern Canada and the Appalachian Mountains.

This species could potentially be threatened due to a variety of factors such as invasive species, logging, development, etc.

Where it grows

They grow in shaded or partly shaded places with average to wet soil. This includes wooded areas, thickets, floodplains, seeps, riverbanks and swamps.

Other Poa plants

Catalina grass · Catalina grass · Short bluegrass · Limestone Cushion Poa · Poa acinaciphylla · Grass Lane Cove River · Alpigene Bluegrass · Alpine bluegrass · Hartz's Bluegrass · Narrow-leaved meadow-grass · Annual Meadow Grass · Texas bluegrass

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Poa alsodes 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.

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