Index / Search / Poa palustris
§1 Plant
Poa palustris L.
vernacular fowl 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
- AK Alaska Native
- CAN Canada Native
- GL Greenland Introduced
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
- SPM St. Pierre & Miquelon Native
§2b
County-level range
· 602 counties across 34 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Low
- Shade
- Medium
- Moisture use
- Medium
- Fire
- High
- Salinity
- Low
- Anaerobic
- Medium
- CaCO₃
- Medium
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -38 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 100 min.
- Precipitation
- 28–50 in/yr
- pH range
- 4.9–7.5
- Root depth
- 12 in min.
- Fertility need
- Medium
- Soil texture
- medium, fine
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Bunch
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Lifespan
- Moderate
- Mature height
- 4 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
- Mid Spring
- Seed abundance
- Medium
- Seed begins
- Spring
- Seed ends
- Summer
- Spread rate
- Slow
- Stratify
- No
- Seeds / lb
- 1,900,000
- Propagation
- seed
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- Routinely Available
- Nursery stock
- No
- Browse palatability
- Low
- Graze palatability
- Low
- Palatable, human
- No
- Protein potential
- Low
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 602 counties across 34 states/territories.
Alaska view state ↗ 19 N ▾
- Aleutians East 02013
- Anchorage 02020
- Bristol Bay 02060
- Chugach 02063
- Copper River 02066
- Denali 02068
- Fairbanks North Star 02090
- Haines 02100
- Juneau 02110
- Kenai Peninsula 02122
- Ketchikan Gateway 02130
- Kodiak Island 02150
- Lake and Peninsula 02164
- Matanuska-Susitna 02170
- Nome 02180
- North Slope 02185
- Sitka 02220
- Yakutat 02282
- Yukon-Koyukuk 02290
Arizona view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Colorado view state ↗ 25 N ▾
- Alamosa 08003
- Archuleta 08007
- Boulder 08013
- Clear Creek 08019
- Custer 08027
- Dolores 08033
- Douglas 08035
- Eagle 08037
- El Paso 08041
- Garfield 08045
- Gilpin 08047
- Grand 08049
- Gunnison 08051
- Jackson 08057
- Jefferson 08059
- Larimer 08069
- Mineral 08079
- Moffat 08081
- Rio Blanco 08103
- Rio Grande 08105
- Routt 08107
- San Miguel 08113
- Summit 08117
- Teller 08119
- Weld 08123
Delaware view state ↗ 2 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 24 N ▾
- Adams 17001
- Cass 17017
- Coles 17029
- Cook 17031
- DuPage 17043
- Fulton 17057
- Hardin 17069
- Henry 17073
- Jackson 17077
- Jersey 17083
- Jo Daviess 17085
- Kane 17089
- Lake 17097
- Macoupin 17117
- McDonough 17109
- McHenry 17111
- Morgan 17137
- Peoria 17143
- Sangamon 17167
- Stark 17175
- Union 17181
- Vermilion 17183
- Will 17197
- Winnebago 17201
Indiana view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 22 N ▾
- Audubon 19009
- Cherokee 19035
- Clay 19041
- Crawford 19047
- Dickinson 19059
- Emmet 19063
- Hamilton 19079
- Hancock 19081
- Humboldt 19091
- Kossuth 19109
- Lyon 19119
- Osceola 19143
- Palo Alto 19147
- Polk 19153
- Pottawattamie 19155
- Sioux 19167
- Story 19169
- Warren 19181
- Webster 19187
- Winnebago 19189
- Woodbury 19193
- Wright 19197
Kansas view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Maine view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 60 N ▾
- Alcona 26001
- Alger 26003
- Alpena 26007
- Arenac 26011
- Baraga 26013
- Bay 26017
- Berrien 26021
- Calhoun 26025
- Charlevoix 26029
- Cheboygan 26031
- Chippewa 26033
- Delta 26041
- Eaton 26045
- Emmet 26047
- Genesee 26049
- Gogebic 26053
- Grand Traverse 26055
- Gratiot 26057
- Hillsdale 26059
- Houghton 26061
- Huron 26063
- Ingham 26065
- Ionia 26067
- Iosco 26069
- Jackson 26075
- Kalamazoo 26077
- Kent 26081
- Keweenaw 26083
- Lake 26085
- Leelanau 26089
- Livingston 26093
- Luce 26095
- Mackinac 26097
- Macomb 26099
- Marquette 26103
- Mason 26105
- Menominee 26109
- Midland 26111
- Missaukee 26113
- Monroe 26115
- Montcalm 26117
- Montmorency 26119
- Muskegon 26121
- Newaygo 26123
- Oakland 26125
- Ogemaw 26129
- Ontonagon 26131
- Osceola 26133
- Ottawa 26139
- Presque Isle 26141
- Saginaw 26145
- Sanilac 26151
- Schoolcraft 26153
- Shiawassee 26155
- St. Clair 26147
- Tuscola 26157
- Van Buren 26159
- Washtenaw 26161
- Wayne 26163
- Wexford 26165
Minnesota view state ↗ 55 N ▾
- Aitkin 27001
- Anoka 27003
- Becker 27005
- Beltrami 27007
- Benton 27009
- Brown 27015
- Cass 27021
- Chippewa 27023
- Chisago 27025
- Clay 27027
- Clearwater 27029
- Cook 27031
- Cottonwood 27033
- Crow Wing 27035
- Dakota 27037
- Dodge 27039
- Douglas 27041
- Freeborn 27047
- Hennepin 27053
- Houston 27055
- Hubbard 27057
- Isanti 27059
- Itasca 27061
- Kanabec 27065
- Kittson 27069
- Koochiching 27071
- Lake 27075
- Lake of the Woods 27077
- Lincoln 27081
- Lyon 27083
- Mahnomen 27087
- Marshall 27089
- Meeker 27093
- Mower 27099
- Nicollet 27103
- Nobles 27105
- Otter Tail 27111
- Pennington 27113
- Pine 27115
- Polk 27119
- Pope 27121
- Ramsey 27123
- Red Lake 27125
- Roseau 27135
- Scott 27139
- Sherburne 27141
- St. Louis 27137
- Stearns 27145
- Steele 27147
- Todd 27153
- Washington 27163
- Wilkin 27167
- Winona 27169
- Wright 27171
- Yellow Medicine 27173
Mississippi view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Montana view state ↗ 46 N ▾
- Beaverhead 30001
- Big Horn 30003
- Blaine 30005
- Broadwater 30007
- Carbon 30009
- Carter 30011
- Cascade 30013
- Daniels 30019
- Dawson 30021
- Fergus 30027
- Flathead 30029
- Gallatin 30031
- Glacier 30035
- Golden Valley 30037
- Granite 30039
- Hill 30041
- Jefferson 30043
- Judith Basin 30045
- Lake 30047
- Lewis and Clark 30049
- Lincoln 30053
- Madison 30057
- McCone 30055
- Meagher 30059
- Mineral 30061
- Missoula 30063
- Musselshell 30065
- Park 30067
- Petroleum 30069
- Phillips 30071
- Pondera 30073
- Powder River 30075
- Powell 30077
- Prairie 30079
- Ravalli 30081
- Richland 30083
- Roosevelt 30085
- Rosebud 30087
- Sanders 30089
- Sheridan 30091
- Sweet Grass 30097
- Teton 30099
- Treasure 30103
- Valley 30105
- Wibaux 30109
- Yellowstone 30111
Nebraska view state ↗ 10 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 9 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 13 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 6 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 58 N ▾
- Albany 36001
- Bronx 36005
- Broome 36007
- Cattaraugus 36009
- Cayuga 36011
- Chautauqua 36013
- Chemung 36015
- Chenango 36017
- Clinton 36019
- Columbia 36021
- Cortland 36023
- Delaware 36025
- Dutchess 36027
- Erie 36029
- Essex 36031
- Franklin 36033
- Fulton 36035
- Genesee 36037
- Greene 36039
- Hamilton 36041
- Herkimer 36043
- Jefferson 36045
- Kings 36047
- Lewis 36049
- Madison 36053
- Monroe 36055
- Montgomery 36057
- Nassau 36059
- Niagara 36063
- Oneida 36065
- Onondaga 36067
- Ontario 36069
- Orange 36071
- Oswego 36075
- Otsego 36077
- Putnam 36079
- Queens 36081
- Rensselaer 36083
- Richmond 36085
- Rockland 36087
- Saratoga 36091
- Schenectady 36093
- Schoharie 36095
- Schuyler 36097
- Seneca 36099
- St. Lawrence 36089
- Steuben 36101
- Suffolk 36103
- Sullivan 36105
- Tioga 36107
- Tompkins 36109
- Ulster 36111
- Warren 36113
- Washington 36115
- Wayne 36117
- Westchester 36119
- Wyoming 36121
- Yates 36123
North Carolina view state ↗ 3 N ▾
North Dakota view state ↗ 45 N ▾
- Adams 38001
- Barnes 38003
- Benson 38005
- Billings 38007
- Bottineau 38009
- Bowman 38011
- Burke 38013
- Burleigh 38015
- Cass 38017
- Cavalier 38019
- Dickey 38021
- Divide 38023
- Eddy 38027
- Emmons 38029
- Golden Valley 38033
- Grand Forks 38035
- Griggs 38039
- Hettinger 38041
- Kidder 38043
- Logan 38047
- McHenry 38049
- McIntosh 38051
- McKenzie 38053
- McLean 38055
- Mercer 38057
- Morton 38059
- Mountrail 38061
- Nelson 38063
- Oliver 38065
- Pembina 38067
- Ramsey 38071
- Ransom 38073
- Renville 38075
- Richland 38077
- Rolette 38079
- Sargent 38081
- Sheridan 38083
- Sioux 38085
- Slope 38087
- Stark 38089
- Steele 38091
- Stutsman 38093
- Walsh 38099
- Ward 38101
- Williams 38105
Ohio view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 46 N ▾
- Allegheny 42003
- Beaver 42007
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Blair 42013
- Bradford 42015
- Bucks 42017
- Butler 42019
- Cambria 42021
- Cameron 42023
- Carbon 42025
- Centre 42027
- Chester 42029
- Clearfield 42033
- Clinton 42035
- Crawford 42039
- Delaware 42045
- Elk 42047
- Erie 42049
- Forest 42053
- Indiana 42063
- Jefferson 42065
- Lackawanna 42069
- Lawrence 42073
- Lebanon 42075
- Lehigh 42077
- Luzerne 42079
- Lycoming 42081
- McKean 42083
- Mercer 42085
- Monroe 42089
- Montgomery 42091
- Northampton 42095
- Northumberland 42097
- Philadelphia 42101
- Pike 42103
- Potter 42105
- Schuylkill 42107
- Sullivan 42113
- Susquehanna 42115
- Tioga 42117
- Venango 42121
- Warren 42123
- Wayne 42127
- Westmoreland 42129
- Wyoming 42131
Rhode Island view state ↗ 3 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 8 N ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 38 N ▾
- Ashland 55003
- Barron 55005
- Bayfield 55007
- Brown 55009
- Chippewa 55017
- Clark 55019
- Dane 55025
- Dodge 55027
- Door 55029
- Douglas 55031
- Dunn 55033
- Eau Claire 55035
- Florence 55037
- Forest 55041
- Green Lake 55047
- Iron 55051
- Jefferson 55055
- Kenosha 55059
- Langlade 55067
- Lincoln 55069
- Manitowoc 55071
- Marinette 55075
- Menominee 55078
- Milwaukee 55079
- Oconto 55083
- Oneida 55085
- Price 55099
- Rusk 55107
- Sawyer 55113
- Shawano 55115
- Taylor 55119
- Vilas 55125
- Washburn 55129
- Washington 55131
- Waukesha 55133
- Waushara 55137
- Winnebago 55139
- Wood 55141
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/POPA2 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2704261 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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