Poa compressa

Species of grass

Poa compressa

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

P. compressa

Binomial name
Poa compressa

Poa compressa, the Canada bluegrass[1] or flattened meadow-grass,[2] is a perennial flattened meadow grass, similar to common meadow-grass, Poa pratensis. It is native to Europe but it can be found nearly worldwide as an introduced species. It grows in old wall tops, pavement cracks, dry stony grassland, and many types of wild habitat. It has a flattened stem, 23–30 cm tall, a close one sided panicle of grey green, with purple florets.

The ligule is rounded.

## References[edit]

1. ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Poa compressa". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
2. ^ BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.

## External links[edit]

* Jepson Manual Treatment
* US Forest Service Fire Ecology
* Illinois Wildflowers
* Photo gallery

Taxon identifiers|

* Wikidata: Q159258
* Wikispecies: Poa compressa
* APA: 5003
* APDB: 159448
* APNI: 74372
* BioLib: 42426
* BOLD: 101050
* Calflora: 6663
* CoL: 4KLK3
* Ecocrop: 8770
* EoL: 1114579
* EPPO: POACO
* EUNIS: 192683
* FEIS: poacom
* FoAO2: Poa compressa
* FoC: 200025991
* GBIF: 2704265
* GrassBase: imp08198
* GRIN: 28934
* iNaturalist: 78636
* IPA: 6214
* IPNI: 204172-2
* IRMNG: 10198818
* ISC: 42487
* ITIS: 41082
* MichiganFlora: 2195
* NatureServe: 2.144119
* NBN: NBNSYS0000002553
* NCBI: 269373
* NSWFlora: Poa~compressa
* NZOR: 491c53e4-4fde-4619-91a4-f8c73e647ca8
* NZPCN: 3079
* Open Tree of Life: 923690
* PalDat: Poa_compressa
* PFI: 7185
* Plant List: kew-435622
* PLANTS: POCO
* POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:204172-2
* Tropicos: 25509885
* uBio: 5408235
* VASCAN: 7856
* WisFlora: 4542
* WFO: wfo-0000892001

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