Poa secunda
From Puget Prairie Plants
- Latin Name: Poa secunda
- Family: Poaceae
- Common Names: big bluegrass, Sandberg bluegrass, Sandberg's bluegrass, Nevada bluegrass
- Synonyms/Misapplications: Poa fulvescens, Poa tenuifolia
- CODON: POASEC
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Taxonomy
| Poa secunda | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Subkingdom: | Tracheobionta |
| Phylum: | Spermatophyta |
| Subphylum: | Magnoliophyta |
| Class: | Magnoliopsida |
| Subclass: | Lilianae |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Genus: | Poa L. |
| Species: | Poa secunda J. Presl |
Description
Densely tufted perennial herb. Leaf sheaths are nearly open, generally truncate to acuminate. Variable structure in terms of stiffness and margin flatness. Inflorescence is more or less one-sided, generally appressed to rachis to ascending. The spikelet is generally more or less cylindrical, the callus hairless or with a small ring of hairs. Lemma weakly keeled to rounded. [1]
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References
- ↑ Robert J. Soreng 2012, Poa secunda, in Jepson Flora Project (eds.) Jepson eFlora, /eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=38882, accessed on June 02, 2020.
- ↑ Howard, Janet L. 1997. Poa secunda. In: Fire Effects Information System, [Online]. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fire Sciences Laboratory (Producer). Available: https://www.fs.fed.us/database/feis/plants/graminoid/poasec/all.html [2020, June 2]
