Fowl bluegrass

Poa palustris

Family: Poaceae Genus: Poa Species: palustris

Synonyms: Poa riparia, Poa hydrophila, Poa rotundata, Poa schultesii, Poa fertilis var. palustris, Poa fertilis f. coarctata, Poa palustris f. coarctata, Poa kamtschatica, Poa nemoralis subsp. kitaibelii, Poa glauca var. crocata, Poa ehrhartiana, Poa nemoralis var. fertilis, Poa fertilis var. glabra, Poa serotina var. fertilis, Poa janczewskii, Poa serotina var. tenuissima, Poa selemdzhensis, Poa fertilis var. exigua, Poa fertilis, Poa palustris f. turfosa, Poa abietina, Paneion triflorum, Poa volhynensis, Poa palustris subsp. xerotica, Poa palustris var. halophila, Poa angustifolia f. effusa, Poa hydrophyla, Poa adspersa, Poa serotina var. pseudofertilis, Poa serotina var. effusa, Poa pinetorum, Poa palustris var. muralis, Poa palustris var. adspersa, Poa angustifolia var. effusa, Poa palustris f. pauciflora, Poa fertilis var. scabriuscula, Poa palustris var. glabra, Poa serotina var. palustris, Poa palustris var. major, Poa fertilis var. turfosa, Poa jamalinensis, Poa palustris subsp. volhynensis, Poa crocata, Poa fertilis subsp. exigua, Poa fertilis var. pauciflora, Poa angustifolia f. fertilis, Poa fertilis var. major

Fowl bluegrass (en)

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Botanical Description

Poa palustris, the fowl bluegrass or swamp meadowgrass, is a perennial cool-season grass in the family Poaceae (subfamily Pooideae). It forms loose tufts of slender, erect culms rising from short rhizomes, with narrow flat or folded leaf blades and prominent membranous ligules. The open, pyramidal panicle bears numerous small spikelets, each with several florets, and is often tinged purple at maturity. Native to temperate regions of Asia, Europe and North America, the species favours moist to wet habitats including wet meadows, marshes, streambanks, fens and damp open woodland, tolerating periodic flooding. It is widely sown for hay, pasture, erosion control and revegetation of riparian sites and is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. The fine-textured foliage and tolerance of cold, wet ground make it a useful component of native wet-meadow seed mixes.

Native Region: Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Aleutian Is., Altay, Amur, Arizona, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, California, Central European Rus, China North-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Colorado, Connecticut, Czechoslovakia, Delaware, Denmark, District of Columbia, East European Russia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Greenland, Hungary, Illinois, Indiana, Inner Mongolia, Iowa, Iran, Irkutsk, Italy, Kamchatka, Kazakhstan, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Kriti, Krym, Kuril Is., Labrador, Magadan, Maine, Manchuria, Manitoba, Maryland, Masachusettes, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Mongolia, Montana, Nebraska, Netherlands, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Newfoundland, North Carolina, North Caucasus, North Dakota, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Northwest Territorie, Norway, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ohio, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Poland, Primorye, Prince Edward I., Québec, Rhode I., Romania, Sakhalin, Saskatchewan, South Carolina, South Dakota, South European Russi, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Tennessee, Transcaucasus, Turkmenistan, Tuva, Ukraine, Utah, Uzbekistan, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Siberia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Xinjiang, Yakutskiya, Yugoslavia, Yukon

Cultural & Historical Context

Traditional American Uses

None Documented

Chemistry & External Identifiers

Trefle ID

233971

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