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not marked as a favorite taxon *Poa annua Linnaeus. Common name: Speargrass, Six-weeks Grass, Annual Bluegrass. Phenology: Dec-May (-Nov). Habitat: Fields, roadsides, gardens, lawns, disturbed areas. Distribution: Native of Eurasia.

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Section: Micrantherae.

Origin/Endemic status: Eurasia

Taxonomy Comments: A species derived from hybridization of P. infirma Kunth and P. supina Schrader (Mao & Huff 2012).

Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, C, ETx1, FlGr, FNA24, G, GW1, HC, Il, K4, Meso6, Mi, Mo1, NcTx, NE, NY, Pa, RAB, S, S13, Tat, Tn, Tx, Va, W, WH3, WV, Tucker (1996); = Ochlopoa annua (L.) H.Scholz; > Poa annua L. var. annua — F; > Poa annua L. var. reptans Hausskn. — F. Basionym: Poa annua L. 1753

Links to other floras: = Poa annua - FNA24

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACU
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACU
  • Great Plains: FACU
  • Midwest: FACU
  • Northcentral & Northeast: FACU

Heliophily ⓘ: 8

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image #1 of Poa annua© Erik Danielson source | Original Image ⭷
image #2 of Poa annua© Aidan Campos source | Original Image ⭷
image #3 of Poa annua© Aidan Campos source | Original Image ⭷
image #5 of Poa annua© Keith Bradley | Original Image ⭷
image #6 of Poa annua© Gary P. Fleming | Original Image ⭷
image #8 of Poa annua© Erik Danielson source | Original Image ⭷
image #9 of Poa annua© Radford, Ahles and Bell | Original Image ⭷
image #12 of Poa annua© Bruce A. Sorrie | Original Image ⭷

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