§1 Plant
Poa arida Vasey
vernacular plains bluegrass — species · Poaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Poaceae Barnhart
- Genus
- Poa
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 168 counties across 15 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 168 counties across 15 states/territories.
Colorado view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Idaho view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 30 N ▾
- Barber 20007
- Chase 20017
- Cheyenne 20023
- Clark 20025
- Cloud 20029
- Cowley 20035
- Edwards 20047
- Ellis 20051
- Ellsworth 20053
- Finney 20055
- Hamilton 20075
- Harper 20077
- Kearny 20093
- Logan 20109
- Meade 20119
- Ottawa 20143
- Pottawatomie 20149
- Rawlins 20153
- Reno 20155
- Rice 20159
- Rooks 20163
- Russell 20167
- Saline 20169
- Scott 20171
- Sedgwick 20173
- Seward 20175
- Sheridan 20179
- Stafford 20185
- Sumner 20191
- Wabaunsee 20197
Minnesota view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Nebraska view state ↗ 18 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 3 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 7 N ▾
North Dakota view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Adams 38001
- Barnes 38003
- Benson 38005
- Billings 38007
- Bottineau 38009
- Bowman 38011
- Burke 38013
- Burleigh 38015
- Cavalier 38019
- Dickey 38021
- Divide 38023
- Dunn 38025
- Emmons 38029
- Golden Valley 38033
- Grant 38037
- McHenry 38049
- McIntosh 38051
- McLean 38055
- Morton 38059
- Mountrail 38061
- Oliver 38065
- Ransom 38073
- Rolette 38079
- Sheridan 38083
- Slope 38087
- Stark 38089
- Stutsman 38093
- Ward 38101
- Williams 38105
Oklahoma view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 1 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 9 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/POAR3 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2704272 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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