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Also known as bluegrasses

thumb|right|"Bluegrass": The seed pods go from green to purplish blue to brown. During the purplish blue phase the seed stems have a navy-blue coating. right|thumb|Poa trivialis (rough meadow-grass), showing the ligule structure

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meadow-grasses

Poa

GENUS

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassLiliopsida
  4. OrderPoales
  5. FamilyPoaceae
Native toAfghanistan, Alabama, Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Aleutian Is., Algeria, Altay, Amsterdam-St.Paul Is., Amur, Antipodean Is., Argentina Northeast
Observations recorded4,495,275

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Poa
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早熟禾属
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  • Cultivation and uses
  • Insect foodplant
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thumb|right|"Bluegrass": The seed pods go from green to purplish blue to brown. During the purplish blue phase the seed stems have a navy-blue coating. right|thumb|Poa trivialis (rough meadow-grass), showing the ligule structure

Poa is a genus of about 570 species of grasses, native to the temperate regions of both hemispheres. Common names include meadow-grass (mainly in Europe and Asia), bluegrass (mainly in North America), tussock (some New Zealand species), and speargrass. Poa () is Greek for 'fodder'. Poa are members of the subfamily Pooideae of the family Poaceae.

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