[Grasses East of the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington]

Bluegrasses East of the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington

The Genus Poa

Nevada Bluegrass: Poa secunda, formerly Poa nevadensis (Synonyms: Festuca oregona, Poa ampla, Poa brachyglossa, Poa buckleyana, Poa buckleyana var. sandbergii, Poa canbyi, Poa confusa, Poa englishii, Poa gracillima, Poa gracillima var. gracillima, Poa gracillima var. multnomae, Poa incurva, Poa juncifolia, Poa juncifolia ssp. porteri, Poa juncifolia var. ampla, Poa juncifolia var. juncifolia, Poa laevigata, Poa laeviculmis, Poa nevadensis, Poa nevadensis var. juncifolia, Poa orcuttiana, Poa sandbergii, Poa scabrella, Poa secunda ssp. juncifolia, Poa secunda ssp. nevadensis, Poa secunda ssp. secunda, Poa secunda var. elongata, Poa secunda var. incurva, Poa secunda var. stenophylla, Poa stenantha var. sandbergii, Poa tenuifolia)

Nevada Bluegrass: Poa secunda ssp. juncifolia

Updated January 14, 2022.

Alpine Bluegrass: Poa alpina ssp. alpina -

Annual Bluegrass: Poa annua (Synonyms: Poa annua var. aquatica, Poa annua var. reptans)-

Bolander's Bluegrass: Poa bolanderi -

Bulbous Bluegrass: Poa bulbosa (Synonyms: Poa bulbosa ssp. bulbosa, Poa bulbosa ssp. vivipara) -

Chamber's Bluegrass: Poa chambersii -

Canada Bluegrass: Poa compressa -

Cusick's Bluegrass: Poa cusickii ssp. cusickii (Synonym: Poa cusickii var. cusickii) -

Skyline Bluegrass: Poa cusickii ssp. epilis (Synonyms: Poa cusickii var. epilis, Poa epilis) -

Pale Cusick's Bluegrass: Poa cusickii ssp. pallida -

Purple Cusick's Bluegrass: Poa cusickii ssp. purpurascens (Synonym: Poa cusickii var. purpurascens) -

Mutton Grass: Poa fendleriana ssp. fendleriana - ?

Longtongue Muttongrass, Mutton Grass: Poa fendleriana ssp. longiligula (Synonym: Poa longiligula) -

Timberline Bluegrass: Poa glauca ssp. rupicola (Synonym: Poa rupicola) -

Howell's Bluegrass: Poa howelllii -

Weak Bluegrass: Poa infirma -

Leiberg's Bluegrass: Poa leibergii (Synonym: Poa vaseyochloa) -

Bog Bluegrass, Marsh Bluegrass: Poa leptocoma (Synonyms: Poa leptocoma ssp. leptocoma, Poa leptocoma var. leptocoma, Poa vaseyochloa) -

Mansfield's Bluegrass: Poa mansfieldii -

Wood Bluegrass, Woodland Bluegrass: Poa nemoralis (Synonyms: Poa nemoralis ssp. interior, Poa nemoralis ssp. nemoralis) -

Veiny Bluegrass, Wheeler Bluegrass: Poa nervosa (Synonyms: Poa nervosa var. nervosa, Poa vaseyana) -

Nevada Bluegrass: formerly Poa nevadensis (now included with Sandberg's bluegrass below)

Fowl Bluegrass: Poa palustris -

Agassiz' Kentucky Bluegrass: Poa pratensis ssp. agassizensis (Synonym: Poa agassizensis) -

Kentucky Bluegrass, Typical Kentucky Bluegrass: Poa pratensis ssp. pratensis (Synonym: Poa pratensis ssp. latifolia) -

Pringle's Bluegrass: Poa pringlei -

Nodding Bluegrass: Poa reflexa -

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) -

Canby's Bluegrass, One-sided Bluegrass, Pacific Bluegrass, Pine Bluegrass, Sandberg Bluegrass, Sandberg's Bluegrass: Poa secunda ssp. secunda (Synonyms: Poa canbyi, Poa gracillima, Poa gracillima var. gracillima, Poa incurva, Poa sandbergii, Poa scabrella) -

Northern Bluegrass, Trinius Bluegrass: Poa stenantha -

Suksdorf's Bluegrass, Western Bluegrass: Poa suksdorfii -

Rough Bluegrass, Roughstalk Bluegrass: Poa trivialis (Synonym: Poa trivialis ssp. trivialis) -

Wallowa Bluegrass: Poa wallowensis (Synonym: Poa laxa) -

Wheeler's Bluegrass: Poa wheeleri (Synonyms: Poa curta, Poa nervosa var. wheeleri) -


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