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Poa palustris
Also called Swamp Meadow Grass, Fowl Meadowgrass, Swamp Bluegrass, Fowl Meadow Grass
Fowl bluegrass is a perennial meadow grass native to Asia, Europe and North America, grown mainly for forage and erosion control rather than as an ornamental. It does best in moist soil and cool, temperate conditions.
Poa palustris (fowl bluegrass, fowl meadowgrass, swamp meadowgrass, woodland bluegrass) is a species of grass native to Asia, Europe and Northern America. This plant is used as fodder and forage, and it also used for erosion control or revegetation.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Poa palustris 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.
