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SPECIES: Poa pratensis | Kentucky Bluegrass 



ABBREVIATION : 
POAPRA

SYNONYMS : 
NO-ENTRY


SCS PLANT CODE : 
   POPR


COMMON NAMES : 
   Kentucky bluegrass


TAXONOMY : 
The currently accepted scientific name of Kentucky bluegrass is Poa
pratensis L. [124].  

Kartesz and Kartesz [59] recognized the following subspecies:

        P. p. ssp. agassizensis (Boivin & D. Love) Taylor & McBryde
        P. p. ssp. alpigena (Fries) Hiitonen
        P. p. ssp. angustifolia (L.) Gaudin
        P. p. ssp. pratensis

Kentucky bluegrass is generally considered to be nonnative to North
America.  Some botanists argue, however, that populations in remote
mountain meadows of the West may be native (see discussion by Cronquist
and others) [22].

Poa pratensis naturally hybridizes with several other species within
the genus, including P. secunda, P. arctica, P. alpina, P. nervosa, P.
reflexa, and P. palustris [124].  


LIFE FORM : 
Graminoid

FEDERAL LEGAL STATUS : 
No special status

OTHER STATUS : 
NO-ENTRY


COMPILED BY AND DATE : 
Ronald Uchytil, February 1993


LAST REVISED BY AND DATE : 
NO-ENTRY


AUTHORSHIP AND CITATION : 
Uchytil, Ronald J. 1993. Poa pratensis. In: Remainder of Citation

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