Taxon: Poa arctica R. Br.

See also subordinate taxa:

• Poa arctica subsp. arctica (no accessions)
• Poa arctica subsp. lanata (1 accessions)

Common names:

• Arctic bluegrass   (Source: Intermt F ) – English
  
• arctic meadow grass   (Source: F Svalbard ) – English
  

Economic importance:

• View ethnobotanical data from Moerman's Native American Ethnobotany Database

Distributional range:

• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Siberia: Russian Federation - Eastern Siberia, Western Siberia [n. & s.e.]
  Russian Far East: Russian Federation - Far East
• EUROPE
  Northern Europe: Finland; Norway; Svalbard and Jan Mayen; Sweden
  East Europe: Russian Federation - European part [n.]
• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  Subarctic America: Canada - Northwest Territory, Yukon Territory; United States - Alaska
  Eastern Canada: Canada - Newfoundland, Ontario [n.], Quebec
  Western Canada: Canada - Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba [n.], Saskatchewan
  Northeastern U.S.A.: United States - Maine [mountains], New Hampshire [mountains]
  Northwestern U.S.A.: United States - Colorado, Montana [w.], Oregon, Washington, Wyoming
  South-Central U.S.A.: United States - New Mexico [n.]
  Southwestern U.S.A.: United States - Nevada, Utah

References:

• Cronquist, A. et al. 1972–. Intermountain flora. (Intermt F)
• Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada, ed. 2. (Glea Cron ed2)
• Hultén, O. E. G. 1968. Flora of Alaska and neighboring territories. (F AlaskaHult)
• Porsild, A. E. & W. J. Cody. 1980. Vascular plants of continental Northwest Territories, Canada. (F NW Terr)
• Rønning, O. I. 1996. The flora of Svalbard. (F Svalbard)
• Scoggan, H. J. 1978–1979. The flora of Canada, 4 vol. (F Canada)
• Soreng, R. J. 1991. Notes on new infraspecific taxa and hybrids in North American Poa (Poaceae). Phytologia 71:395–396.
• Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea. (F Eur)
• Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR. (Grass USSR)

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Poa arctica.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Poa arctica. Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Synonyms:

• Poa lanata Scribn. & Merr. [≡ Poa arctica subsp. lanata]
  (previously associated with 1 accession)

Check other databases for Poa arctica R. Br.:

• Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• CNWG: Catalogue of New World Grasses Searchable Database
• Grass Manual on the Web: Manual of Grasses for North America North of Mexico
• World Grass Species-Descriptions: Morphological species description from Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
  Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Images:

• GRIN Images of germplasm accessions.

More:

• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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