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Poa arctica
Also called Arctic Meadow Grass, Arctic Speargrass
Poa arctica is a hardy perennial grass native to cold subarctic and subalpine regions, often a dominant plant in tundra. It spreads by rhizomes and does best in cool, open, moist ground, so it suits cold-climate or naturalistic plantings rather than ordinary lawns or warm gardens.
Poa arctica, the Arctic bluegrass or Arctic meadow grass, is a species of flowering plant in the family Poaceae, with a subarctic circumpolar distribution, extending into the Rockies. Often a dominant species in the tundra, it responds positively to disturbance.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Poa arctica by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
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.
