[Bluegrasses: The Genus Poa in Mount Adams Country]

Leiberg's Bluegrass, Leiberg's Blue Grass

Poa leibergii

Synonym: Poa vaseyochloa

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

Leiberg's bluegrass blooming on rocky slopes near the east rim of Canyon Creek, Klickitat Wildlife Area.......March 26, 2016.

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

Leiberg's bluegrass beginning to bloom at left around the edges of oak groves in the Klickitat Wildlife Area about 2 miles south of Grayback Mountain........May 7, 2020. The photo at right shows Leiberg's bluegrass beginning to bloom on steep slopes high on the Klickitat Breaks, Soda Springs Unit of the Klickitat Wildlife Area.....March 31, 2021.

Inflorescence of Leiberg's Bluegrass, Leiberg's Blue Grass: Poa leibergii (Synonym: Poa vaseyochloa) - Leiberg's Bluegrass, Leiberg's Blue Grass: Poa leibergii (Synonym: Poa vaseyochloa)

Leiberg's bluegrass blooming on the upper, rocky slopes of the east rim of Canyon Creek, Klickitat Wildlife Area......March 30, 2024.

Close-up of the inflorescence of Leiberg's Bluegrass: Poa leibergii (Synonym: Poa vaseyochloa)

A close-up of the inflorescence of Leiberg's bluegrass as seen in the Goodnoe Hills of south-central Klickitat County, WA, eastern Columbia River Gorge........April 20, 2011.

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

Leiberg's bluegrass as seen in the Goodnoe Hills of south-central Klickitat County, WA, eastern Columbia River Gorge.......April 20, 2011. Several stalks of Sandberg's bluegrass (Poa secunda) can be found just behind the Leiberg's bluegrass.

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

Newly blooming Leiberg's bluegrass as seen on prairie slopes above Swale Creek about one and one-half miles upstream from the Horseshoe Bend Road bridge across the Klickitat River, Klickitat County, Washington.........March 31, 2012.

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

Leiberg's bluegrass in bloom on steep slopes adjacent to Ferry Springs, Deschutes River State Recreation Area.......March 31, 2017.

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

Leiberg's bluegrass in bloom atop the east rim of Canyon Creek, Klickitat Wildlife Area......March 31, 2019.

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

Leiberg's bluegrass at left overhanging a rock outcrop on a road cut along the Klickitat Trail near Klickitat Springs, Klickitat County, WA.........May 8, 2011. The photo at right shows Leiberg's bluegrass as seen on rock outcrops along the Memaloose Trail, east of Mosier, OR........April 21, 2017.

Paul Slichter