      
Taxon: Poa pratensis L.
Genus: Poa
Family: Poaceae (alt. Gramineae) subfamily: Pooideae tribe: Poeae subtribe: Poinae.
Nomen number: 28996
Place of publication: Sp. pl. 1:67. 1753, nom. cons.
Typification: View record from Linnaean Plant Name Typification Project
of the Natural History Museum of London.
Comments:Name verified on: 13-May-1992 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 20-Nov-2007
Species priority site is: Western Regional PI Station (W6).
Accessions:
784 in National Plant Germplasm System.
Check PlantSearch
database of Botanic Gardens
Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.
See also subordinate taxa:
- English meadow grass (Source: Aust Pl Common Names
) – English
- Kentucky bluegrass (Source: World Econ Pl
) – English
- Kentucky bluegrass (Source: Zander ed16
) – English [Poa pratensis subsp. pratensis]
- narrow-leaf meadow grass (Source: F GB Ire
[as P. angustifolia]) – English [Poa pratensis subsp. angustifolia]
- northern meadow grass (Source: F Svalbard
[as P. alpigena]) – English [Poa pratensis subsp. alpigena]
- smooth meadow grass (Source: F GB Ire
) – English [Poa pratensis subsp. pratensis]
- smooth meadow grass (Source: World Econ Pl
) – English
- cao di zao shu he (Source: F ChinaEng
) – Transcribed Chinese
- pâturin des prés (Source: Dict Rehm
) – French
- schmalblättriges Rispengras (Source: Zander ed16
) – German [Poa pratensis subsp. angustifolia]
- Wiesenrispengras (Source: Dict Rehm
) – German
- Wiesenrispengras (Source: Dict Rehm
) – German [Poa pratensis subsp. pratensis]
- erba fienarola (Source: Mult Glossary Crops
) – Italian
- nagahagusa (Source: F JapanOhwi
) – Japanese Rōmaji
- wangpoapul (Source: F Korea
) – Transcribed Korean
- capim-do-campo (Source: Dict Rehm
) – Portuguese
- mjatlik lugovoj (Source: Mansf Ency
) – Transliterated Russian
- grama de prados (Source: Dict Rehm
) – Spanish
- poa común (Source: Dict Rehm
) – Spanish
- zacate poa (Source: Dict Rehm
) – Spanish
- ängsgröe (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn
) – Swedish
- nordgröe (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn
) – Swedish [Poa pratensis subsp. alpigena]
- smalgröe (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn
) – Swedish [Poa pratensis subsp. angustifolia]
- More:
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Native: (links to
other web resources are provided for some distributions)
- AFRICA
Macaronesia: Portugal - Madeira Islands; Spain - Canary Islands
Northern Africa: Algeria; Libya; Morocco
- ASIA-TEMPERATE
Arabian Peninsula: Saudi Arabia
Western Asia: Afghanistan; Cyprus; Iran; Iraq; Israel; Jordan; Lebanon; Syria; Turkey
Caucasus: Armenia; Azerbaijan; Georgia
Siberia: Russian Federation - Eastern Siberia, Western Siberia
Middle Asia: Kazakhstan; Kyrgyzstan; Tajikistan; Turkmenistan; Uzbekistan
Mongolia: Mongolia
Russian Far East: Russian Federation - Far East
- ASIA-TROPICAL
Indian Subcontinent: India [n.]; Pakistan
- EUROPE
Northern Europe: Denmark; Finland; Ireland; Norway; Svalbard and Jan Mayen; Sweden; United Kingdom
Middle Europe: Austria; Belgium; Czech Republic; Germany; Hungary; Netherlands; Poland; Slovakia; Switzerland
East Europe: Belarus; Estonia; Latvia; Lithuania; Moldova; Russian Federation - European part; Ukraine [incl. Krym]
Southeastern Europe: Albania; Bulgaria; Croatia; Greece [incl. Crete]; Italy [incl. Sardinia, Sicily]; Romania; Serbia; Slovenia
Southwestern Europe: France [incl. Corsica]; Portugal; Spain
- 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 - New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec
Western Canada: Canada - Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan
Northeastern U.S.A.: United States - Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia
North-Central U.S.A.: United States - Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin
Northwestern U.S.A.: United States - Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington
Southeastern U.S.A.: United States - Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia
Southwestern U.S.A.: United States - Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah
Naturalized: (links to
other web resources are provided for some distributions)
Cultivated:
- ASIA-TEMPERATE
China: China
- EUROPE
Europe
- NORTHERN AMERICA
United States
- Plants of southern Africa: an online checklist.
- Afonin, A. N., S. L. Greene, N. I. Dzyubenko, & A. N. Frolov, eds.
Interactive agricultural ecological atlas of Russia and neighboring countries. Economic plants and their diseases, pests and weeds (on-line resource).
- Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson.
2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
- Alderson, J. & W. C. Sharp.
1995. Grass varieties in the United States, U.S.D.A. Agric. Handb. 170, rev. ed.
- Allan, H. H. B. et al.
1961–. Flora of New Zealand.
- Bor, N. L.
1960. The grasses of Burma, Ceylon, India, and Pakistan.
- Brummitt, R. K.
2000. Report of the Committee for Spermatophyta: 50.
Taxon
49:802. [conservation proposal recommended].
- CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland.
Documenta CIBA-GEIGY (Grass weeds 1. 1980, 2. 1981; Monocot weeds 3. 1982; Dicot weeds 1. 1988)
- Cronquist, A. et al.
1972–. Intermountain flora.
- Davis, P. H., ed.
1965–1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands.
- Douglas, G. W. et al., eds.
1994. The vascular plants of British Colombia.
- Englert, J. M. et al.
1999–. USDA-NRCS Improved conservation plant materials released by NRCS and cooperators.
- Euro+Med Editorial Committee.
Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
- FNA Editorial Committee.
1993–. Flora of North America.
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
- Giraldo-Cañas, D.
2011. Catálogo de la familia Poaceae en Colombia.
Darwiniana
49:139–247.
- Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist.
1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada, ed. 2.
- Hanelt, P., ed.
2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6.
- Hitchcock, A. S.
1950. Manual of the grasses of the United States, ed. 2.
- Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS).
Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
- International Seed Testing Association.
1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2.
- Izquierdo Z., I. et al., eds.
2004. Lista de especies silvestres de Canarias: hongos, plantas y animales terrestres.
- Koyama, T.
1987. Grasses of Japan and its neighboring regions.
- Lee, Y. N.
1997. Flora of Korea.
- Lv, C. C. et al.
2011. First report of dollar spot of Agrostis stolonifera, Poa pratensis, Festuca arundinacea and Zoysia japonica caused by Sclerotinia homoeocarpa in China.
New Diseas. Report.
23, 37. [doi:10.5197/j.2044–0588.2011.023.037].
- Markle, G. M. et al., eds.
1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2.
- McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association).
1986. Flora of the Great Plains.
- Meikle, R. D.
1977–1985. Flora of Cyprus.
- Mun-Chan, B. et al.
1986. A checklist of the Korean cultivated plants.
Kulturpflanze
34:118.
- Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds.
1970–. Flora of [West] Pakistan.
- Ohwi, J.
1965. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.).
- Porcher, M. H. et al.
Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
- Randall, R. P.
2007. The introduced flora of Australia and its weed status.
- Rechinger, K. H., ed.
1963–. Flora iranica.
- Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants.
- Sell, P. & G. Murrell.
1996–. Flora of Great Britain and Ireland.
- Shortell, R. R. et al.
2009. Classification and inheritance of morphological and agronomic characteristics in Kentucky bluegrass (Poa pratensis L.).
HortScience
44:274–279.
- Silva, L. et al.
2005. Listagem da fauna e flora terrestres dos Açores. Lista des plantas vasculares (Pteridophyta e Spermatophyta).
- Soreng, R. J. & F. R. Barrie.
1999. (1391) Proposal to conserve the name Poa pratensis (Gramineae) with a conserved type.
Taxon
48:157–159.
- Soreng, R. J. et al.
2003. Catalogue of New World grasses (Poaceae): IV. Subfamily Pooideae.
Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb.
48:557.
- Tovar, Ó.
1993. Las Gramíneas (Poaceae) del Perú.
Ruizia
13:135.
- Townsend, C. C. & E. Guest.
1966–. Flora of Iraq.
- Tutin, T. G. et al., eds.
1964–1980. Flora europaea.
- Tzvelev, N. N.
1976. Zlaki SSSR.
- Ugarte, E. et al.
2011. Vascular alien flora, Chile.
Check List
7:365–380.
- University of California Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program.
UC SAREP on-line cover crop database (on-line resource).
- Villaseñor, J. L. & F. J. Espinoza-Garcia.
2004. The alien flowering plants of Mexico.
Diversity & Distrib.
10:113–123.
- Voss, E.
1972–. Michigan flora.
- Wagner, W. L. et al.
Flora of the Hawaiian Islands (on-line resource).
- Weber, E.
2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds.
- Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds.
1994–. Flora of China (English edition).
- Zelnik, U. et al.
2008. Revegetation of motorway slopes using different seed mixtures.
Restor. Ecol.
18:449–456.
- More:
Synonyms:
Check other web resources for Poa pratensis L.:
Images:
- GRIN Images of germplasm accessions.
- Florets: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
- Florets: Seed ID Workshop image, from Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, Ohio State University
- 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.
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Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville,
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URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?28996 (20 May 2013)
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