Poa secunda

Short description: Species of grass

Poa secunda

Conservation status

Secure (NatureServe)[1]

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Plantae
Clade:  | Tracheophytes
Clade:  | Angiosperms
Clade:  | Monocots
Clade:  | Commelinids
Order:  | Poales
Family:  | Poaceae
Subfamily:  | Pooideae
Genus:  | Poa
Species:  |

P. secunda

Binomial name
Poa secunda

J.Presl[2]

Synonyms[3][4][5]

N O T E : This list has been aggregated from three sources, each having considerably differing lists of taxa

* Festuca oregona Vasey
* Glyceria canbyi Scribn.
* Poa ampla Merr.
* P. brachyglossa Piper
* P. buckleyana Nash
* P. canbyi (Scribn.) Howell
* P. confusa Rydb.
* P. englishii H.St.John & Hardin
* P. gracillima Vasey
* P. g. var. multnomae (Piper) C.L.Hitchc.
* P. incurva Scribn. & T.A.Williams
* P. juncifolia Scribn.
* P. j. var. juncifolia
* P. j. subsp. porteri D.D.Keck
* P. j. var. ampla (Merr.) Dorn
* P. laevigata Scribn.
* P. nevadensis Vasey ex Scribn.
* P. n. var. juncifolia (Scribn.) Beetle
* P. orcuttiana Vasey
* P. sandbergii Vasey
* P. scabrella (Thurb.) Benth. ex Vasey
* P. secunda Zea ex Roem. & Schult. (nom inval.)
* P. se. var. elongata (Vasey) Dorn (poss.)
* P. se. var. incurva (Scribn. & T.A.Williams) Beetle (poss.)
* P. se. subsp. juncifolia (Scribn.) Soreng (poss.)
* P. se. subsp. secunda
* P. se. var. stenophylla (Vasey ex Beal) Beetle (poss.)
* P. stenantha var. sandbergii (Vasey) B.Boivin

Poa secunda (variously known by the common names of Sandberg bluegrass,[2][3][4] alkali bluegrass,[4] big bluegrass,[4] Canby's bluegrass,[2] Nevada bluegrass,[4] one-sided bluegrass,[3] Pacific bluegrass,[2] pine bluegrass,[2] slender bluegrass,[2] wild bluegrass,[4] and curly bluegrass[1]) is a widespread species of perennial bunchgrass native to North and South America.[4] It is highly resistant to drought conditions, and provides excellent fodder;[3] and has also been used in controlling soil erosion,[4] and as revegetator,[4] often after forest fires.[6] Cultivars include 'Canbar', 'Service', 'Sherman', and 'Supernova'.[7] Historically, indigenous Americans, such as the Gosiute of Utah, have used P. secunda for food.[8] It was originally described botanically in 1830 by Jan Svatopluk Presl, from a holotype collected from Chile by Thaddäus Haenke in 1790.[2]

## Native distribution

* In North America, Poa secunda is native to Canada (in Alberta; British Columbia; eastern Quebec; southern Saskatchewan; southern Yukon Territory; and, rarely, in Ontario), the U.S. (in southeastern Alaska; Arizona; California ; Colorado; the Dakotas; Idaho; Isle Royale in Michigan; Montana; northwestern Nebraska; Nevada; New Mexico; Oregon; Utah; Washington (state) ; and Wyoming), and northwestern Mexico.[4]
* In South America, it is native to Argentina (found in Chubut; Neuquén; and Santa Cruz), and central Chile .[4]

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 NatureServe (2 June 2023). "Poa secunda". Arlington, Virginia: NatureServe. https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.159598/Poa_secunda.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Poa secunda was originally described and published in Reliquiae Haenkeanae 1(4–5): 271. 1830. "Name - Poa secunda J.Presl". Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/25512425. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "Profile for Poa secunda (Sandberg bluegrass)". PLANTS Database. USDA, NRCS. http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=POSE. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
4. ↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 {{citation | mode = cs1 | title = Poa secunda | work = Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) | url = | publisher = [[Organization:Agricultural Research ServAgricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) | access-date = 15 December 2012 }}
5. ↑ "TPL, treatment of Poa secunda  J.Presl". The Plant List; Version 1. (published on the internet). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Missouri Botanical Garden. 2010. http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/search?q=Poa+secunda. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
6. ↑ Fact Sheet available in PDF and DOC form from USDA PLANTS Profile
7. ↑ "Conservation Plant Characteristics for Poa secunda (Sandberg bluegrass)". PLANTS Database. USDA, NRCS. http://plants.usda.gov/java/charProfile?symbol=POSE. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
8. ↑ Chamberlin, R. V. (1911). "The Ethno-Botany of the Gosiute Indians of Utah.". Memoirs of the American Anthropological Association 2 (5): 331–405 (p. 377).

Poa secunda, Idaho

Poa secunda in summer dry season

## External links

* Taxon report from Calflora
* Photo gallery from CalPhotos database
* Jepson Manual Treatment from the University of California
* Fire Effects Information Service information from the U.S. Forest Service
* Original description published in 1830, in Latin from the Biodiversity Heritage Library

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