[Bluegrass: The Genus Poa East of the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington]

Alkali Bluegrass, Big Bluegrass, Nevada Bluegrass, Rush Bluegrass

Poa secunda ssp. juncifolia

Synonyms: Poa X limosa, Poa ampla, Poa brachyglossa, Poa juncifolia, Poa nevadensis, Poa nevadensis var. juncifolia, Poa nevadensis var. nevadensis

Inflorescence of Alkali Bluegrass, Big Bluegrass, Nevada Bluegrass, Rush Bluegrass: Poa secunda ssp. juncifolia (Synonyms: Poa X limosa, Poa ampla, Poa brachyglossa, Poa juncifolia, Poa nevadensis, Poa nevadensis var. juncifolia, Poa nevadensis var. nevadensis)

What appears to be Nevada bluegrass as seen in scabland grasslands about one-half mile east of Odessa Craters, Lincoln County, Washington.......May 8, 2012.

Spikelet of Alkali Bluegrass, Big Bluegrass, Nevada Bluegrass, Rush Bluegrass: Poa secunda ssp. juncifolia (Synonyms: Poa X limosa, Poa ampla, Poa brachyglossa, Poa juncifolia, Poa nevadensis, Poa nevadensis var. juncifolia, Poa nevadensis var. nevadensis) - Spikelet of Alkali Bluegrass, Big Bluegrass, Nevada Bluegrass, Rush Bluegrass: Poa secunda ssp. juncifolia (Synonyms: Poa X limosa, Poa ampla, Poa brachyglossa, Poa juncifolia, Poa nevadensis, Poa nevadensis var. juncifolia, Poa nevadensis var. nevadensis) - Alkali Bluegrass, Big Bluegrass, Nevada Bluegrass, Rush Bluegrass: Poa secunda ssp. juncifolia (Synonyms: Poa X limosa, Poa ampla, Poa brachyglossa, Poa juncifolia, Poa nevadensis, Poa nevadensis var. juncifolia, Poa nevadensis var. nevadensis) - Alkali Bluegrass, Big Bluegrass, Nevada Bluegrass, Rush Bluegrass: Poa secunda ssp. juncifolia (Synonyms: Poa X limosa, Poa ampla, Poa brachyglossa, Poa juncifolia, Poa nevadensis, Poa nevadensis var. juncifolia, Poa nevadensis var. nevadensis)

What appears to be Nevada bluegrass as seen in scabland grasslands about one-half mile east of Odessa Craters, Lincoln County, Washington........May 8, 2012.

Alkali Bluegrass, Big Bluegrass, Nevada Bluegrass, Rush Bluegrass: Poa secunda ssp. juncifolia (Synonyms: Poa X limosa, Poa ampla, Poa brachyglossa, Poa juncifolia, Poa nevadensis, Poa nevadensis var. juncifolia, Poa nevadensis var. nevadensis) - Alkali Bluegrass, Big Bluegrass, Nevada Bluegrass, Rush Bluegrass: Poa secunda ssp. juncifolia (Synonyms: Poa X limosa, Poa ampla, Poa brachyglossa, Poa juncifolia, Poa nevadensis, Poa nevadensis var. juncifolia, Poa nevadensis var. nevadensis)

Nevada bluegrass as seen at a small borrow pit along FS Road 35 about one-half mile uphill from the southern forest boundary on Table Mountain, Wenatchee National Forest........June 4, 2013.

Alkali Bluegrass, Big Bluegrass, Nevada Bluegrass, Rush Bluegrass: Poa secunda ssp. juncifolia (Synonyms: Poa X limosa, Poa ampla, Poa brachyglossa, Poa juncifolia, Poa nevadensis, Poa nevadensis var. juncifolia, Poa nevadensis var. nevadensis)

Alkali Bluegrass, Big Bluegrass, Nevada Bluegrass, Rush Bluegrass: Poa secunda ssp. juncifolia (Synonyms: Poa X limosa, Poa ampla, Poa brachyglossa, Poa juncifolia, Poa nevadensis, Poa nevadensis var. juncifolia, Poa nevadensis var. nevadensis)

Nevada bluegrass as seen along Eightmile Creek below the Dalles Mountain Ranch, Columbia Hills State Park......May 7, 2011.
Paul Slichter