[The Grass Family in Mt. Adams Country]

Bluegrasses of Mt. Adams Country

The Genus Poaceae

 


Alpine Bluegrass, Alpine Blue Grass: Poa alpina ssp. alpina -

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

Bulbous Bluegrass, Bulbous Blue Grass: Poa bulbosa ssp. vivipara -

Flat-stem Blue Grass: Poa compressa - Collected near Conboy Lake NWR by Wilhelm Suksdorf.

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

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

Howell's Bluegrass: Poa howellii (Synonyms: Poa bolanderi ssp. howellii, Poa bolanderi var. howellii) - Collected near Trout Lake, WA.

Leiberg's Bluegrass, Leiberg's Blue Grass: Poa leibergii (Synonym: Poa vaseyochloa) - Not collected in Mount Adams country but to be expected in the upper Klickitat River canyon to the east.

Marsh Bluegrass, Marsh Blue Grass: Poa leptocoma (Synonym: Poa leptocoma var. leptocoma) -

Letterman's Bluegrass, Letterman's Blue Grass: Poa lettermanii (Synonyms: Poa montevansii, Puccinellia lettermanii) -

Hooker's Blue Grass, Wheeler's Bluegrass: Poa nervosa (Synonym: Poa nervosa var. nervosa) -

Fowl Bluegrass, Fowl Blue Grass: Poa palustris (Synonyms: Poa crocata, Poa eyerdamii, Poa glauca Vahl var. crocata, Poa triflora) -

Alaska Blue Grass: Poa paucispicula (Synonyms: Poa leptocoma ssp. paucispicula, Poa leptocoma var. paucispicula, Poa merrilliana) - Collected along FS Road 115 on the north side of Mt. Adams.

Kentucky Bluegrass, Kentucky Blue Grass: Poa pratensis ssp. pratensis (Synonyms: Poa pratensis var. domestica, Poa pratensis var. iantha) -

Nodding Buckwheat: Poa reflexa -

Alkali Bluegrass, Big Bluegrass, Nevada Bluegrass: Poa secunda ssp. juncifolia (Synonyms: Poa ampla, Poa brachyglossa, Poa confusa, Poa juncifolia, Poa juncifolia ssp. porteri, Poa juncifolia var. ampla, Poa nevadensis, Poa nevadensis var. juncifolia) -

Bib Bluegrass, Curly Bluegrass, One-sided Bluegrass, Pacific Bluegrass, Sandberg Bluegrass, Sandberg's Bluegrass: Poa secunda ssp. secunda (Synonyms: Poa buckleyana, Poa buckleyana var. sandbergii, Poa canbyi, Poa gracillima, Poa gracillima var. gracillima, Poa incurva, Poa laevigata, Poa orcuttiana, Poa sandbergii, Poa scabrella, Poa secunda var. elongata, Poa secunda var. incurva, Poa secunda var. stenophylla, Poa stenantha var. sandbergii) -

Narrow-flower Blue Grass: Poa stenantha var. stenantha - Collected on BLM land along the Glenwood-Goldendale Highway.

Western Bluegrass, Western Blue Grass: Poa suksdorfii -

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


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