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Poa nemoralis
Also called Wood Meadow Grass, Eurasian Woodland Bluegrass, Forest Bluegrass, Woodland Bluegrass, Woods Bluegrass
Wood bluegrass is a slender, shade-loving perennial grass native to temperate Europe and Asia, used as a lawn grass in shady spots and as late-season forage for livestock. It thrives in cool, moist, well-drained shade.
Poa nemoralis, the wood bluegrass, is a perennial plant in the family Poaceae. The late-growing grass is fairly nutritious for livestock, which feed on it in the autumn, and it is used as a lawn grass for shady situations.
Wood bluegrass is native to Europe, where its range extends from Portugal to Bulgaria, and Asia where its range extends from Iran to Japan. It has been introduced in Australia and New Zealand, and to North America where it has become naturalised in southeastern Canada and northeastern United States. Shade tolerant, it is often found in forests and grows up to half a metre tall. It is generally distributed in Britain in dry woods, thickets and shady hedge banks on well drained soils. In its invasive range in America, it sometimes grows in coniferous forests, where its presence is thought to increase the risk of fires, and on floodplains, the banks of rivers and lakes, and disturbed sites. In the British Isles, it is found throughout the United Kingdom but at more scattered locations in Ireland, where it may have been introduced.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Poa nemoralis 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.
