Plants Profile for Poa saltuensis (oldpasture bluegrass)

General Information
Symbol:	POSA
Group:	Monocot
Family:	Poaceae
Duration:	Perennial
Growth Habit:	Graminoid
Native Status:	CAN N L48 N SPM N
Data Source and Documentation

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	Native		Introduced		Both		Absent/Unreported
	Native, No County Data		Introduced, No County Data		Both, No County Data

Native Status:

L48

NAV

CAN

SPM

Images

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Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 1: 255. Provided by Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950. Manual of the grasses of the United States. USDA Miscellaneous Publication No. 200. Washington, DC. 1950. Usage Requirements.

Synonyms

Symbol	Scientific Name
PODE6	Poa debilis Torr.
POLA2	Poa languida Hitchc.
POSAL	Poa saltuensis Fernald & Wiegand ssp. languida (Hitchc.) A. Haines
POSAM	Poa saltuensis Fernald & Wiegand var. microlepis Fernald & Wieg.

Classification

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Rank	Scientific Name and Common Name
Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Commelinidae
Order	Cyperales
Family	Poaceae ⁄ Gramineae – Grass family
Genus	Poa L. – bluegrass
Species	Poa saltuensis Fernald & Wiegand – oldpasture bluegrass

Subordinate Taxa

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Legal Status

Threatened and Endangered Information:
This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.
Illinois Poa languida woodland bluegrass Endangered
Kentucky drooping blue grass Endangered
Maryland drooping bluegrass Endangered
Massachusetts Poa languida drooping speargrass Endangered
New Jersey old-pasture spear grass Endangered
Ohio pasture bluegrass Endangered
Pennsylvania Poa languida woodland bluegrass Threatened
Rhode Island Poa languida weak bluegrass Special Concern
Tennessee drooping bluegrass Special Concern drooping bluegrass Threatened

Wetland Status

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