Poa palustris Linnaeus. Section: Pandemos. Common name: Fowl Bluegrass, Fowl Meadow-grass. Phenology: Jun-Jul. Habitat: Meadows, moist areas, bogs, calcareous spring marshes, stream banks and bars, beaver meadows. Distribution: Circumboreal, south in North America to VA, w. NC, MO, and NM. Some populations, especially southward, may represent introductions.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = C, F, FNA24, G, HC, Il, K4, Mi, Mo1, NE, NY, Pa, RAB, Tn, Va, W, WV, Tucker (1996); = n/a — Tat. Basionym: Poa palustris L. 1759
Links to other floras: = Poa palustris - FNA24
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FAC
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACW
- Great Plains: FACW
- Midwest: FACW
- Northcentral & Northeast: FACW
Heliophily ⓘ: 6
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