Calflora: Poa nevadensis

Taxon Report 6682

Poa nevadensis Scribner (not an active name)

Nevada bluegrass, Sierra blue grass

Poa nevadensis, a monocot, is a perennial grass that is native to California and is also found outside of California, but is confined to western North America.


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Plant Characteristics
and Associations

Family:	POACEAE
Genus:	Poa

Communities:	Sagebrush Scrub, Yellow Pine Forest, Red Fir Forest
Habitat:	meadows [Walker]
Wetlands:	Usually occurs in non wetlands, but occasionally found in wetlands [U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.]

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PLANTS accepted name:

Poa secunda

NOTE: Poa nevadensis is not an active name in the Calflora species table.

More information about Poa nevadensis


	Location Suitability Nursery / seed vendor availability from CNPLX Commercial availability unknown. Landscaping information from Calscape Photos on CalPhotos / Google Images		Records from the Consortium of California Herbaria Original Publication citation (ITIS) USDA PLANTS Profile (POSE)		Search the International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) Search the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center website references from Google

Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation,
with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals, including the Consortium of California Herbaria.
[web application]. 2017. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization].
Available: http://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: Jul 14, 2017).

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