[Bluegrasses: The Genus Poa in the Columbia River Gorge of Oregon and Washington]

Leiberg's Bluegrass

Poa leibergii

Synonym: Poa vaseyochloa

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 overhanging a rock outcrop on a road cut along the Klickitat Trail near Klickitat Springs, Klickitat County, WA...............May 8, 2011.

Paul Slichter