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§1 Plant

Poa fendleriana (Steud.) Vasey

vernacular muttongrass — species · Poaceae

USDA
POFE
GBIF
2704258
Rank
species
muttongrass (Poa fendleriana)
Platephotograph · rebeccaoertelCC BY-NC source · iNaturalist ↗

§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

· 185 counties across 15 states/territories
Legend Native · 185 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation specs · USDA

Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.

§3a

Tolerances

Drought
High
Shade
High
Moisture use
Low
Fire
Low
Salinity
None
Anaerobic
None
CaCO₃
High
Hedging
None
§3b

Climate & soil

Cold tolerance
-38 °F minimum
Frost-free days
180 min.
Precipitation
10–18 in/yr
pH range
6–8
Root depth
10 in min.
Fertility need
Low
Soil texture
coarse, medium
§3c

Form & growth

Growth form
Bunch
Growth rate
Moderate
Lifespan
Moderate
Mature height
2 ft
Foliage texture
Fine
Foliage colour
Green
Porosity (summer)
Moderate
Porosity (winter)
Porous
Flower colour
Yellow
Fruit colour
Brown
Fire resistant
No
N fixation
None
Toxicity
None
§3d

Reproduction

Bloom period
Early Spring
Seed abundance
Low
Seed begins
Spring
Seed ends
Fall
Spread rate
Slow
Stratify
No
Seeds / lb
2,000,000
Propagation
seed
§3e

Use & availability

Commercial availability
Field Collections Only
Nursery stock
No
Browse palatability
Medium
Graze palatability
High
Palatable, human
No
Protein potential
Medium
Lumber
No
Christmas tree
No

§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 185 counties across 15 states/territories.

Arizona view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Colorado view state ↗ 42 N ▾
Idaho view state ↗ 22 N ▾
Montana view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Nebraska view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Nevada view state ↗ 11 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 23 N ▾
North Dakota view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Oregon view state ↗ 6 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Utah view state ↗ 29 N ▾
Washington view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Wyoming view state ↗ 17 N ▾

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/POFE ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/2704258 ↗

Record version

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