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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Poa sylvestris   FAMILY Poaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Poa sylvestris   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Poa sylvestris

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 24 (2007)

Poa sylvestris

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-15-012:

Poa sylvestris   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)

Poa sylvestris

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Poa sylvestris

 

COMMON NAME:
Forest Bluegrass, Woodland Bluegrass


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image of Poa sylvestris, Forest Bluegrass, Woodland Bluegrass

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_posy_001_lvd

        

image of Poa sylvestris, Forest Bluegrass, Woodland Bluegrass

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950    pnd_posy_003_lvd

        

image of Poa sylvestris, Forest Bluegrass, Woodland Bluegrass

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_posy_004_lvd

        

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Poa sylvestris   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Poa sylvestris   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Poa sylvestris

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 24
Poa sylvestris

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-15-012:
Poa sylvestris   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Poa sylvestris

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Poa sylvestris

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

4301

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial

Habitat: Moist to dry-mesic forests, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon in Mountains of GA & NC, uncommon in NC Piedmont (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & low alternate, 2-ranked

RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Cespitose [growing in dense tufts, clumping]

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Bisexual

Inflorescence an open panicle

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer

 

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