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Taxon: Poa secunda J. Presl

 
Genus: Poa
Family: Poaceae (alt.Gramineae)
Subfamily: Pooideae
Tribe: Poeae
Subtribe: Poinae
Nomen number: 29004
Place of publication: K. B. Presl, Reliq. haenk. 1:271. 1830
Link to protologue:
Name Verified on: 13-May-1992 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions: 0 (0 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations:

(≡ homotypic synonym, = heterotypic synonym, - autonym, I invalid designation)

Common names:

Economic Importance:

  • Animal food: forage; forage (fide NRCS Cons Pl Mat 2001)
  • Environmental: revegetator (fide NRCS Cons Pl Mat 2001) wildlife habitat (fide NRCS Cons Pl Mat 2001) wildlife habitat (fide NRCS Cons Pl Mat 2001)

Distributional Range:

    Native

    Northern America
    • SUBARCTIC AMERICA: Canada, [Yukon (s.)] United States [Alaska (s.e.)]
    • EASTERN CANADA: Canada [Québec (e.), Ontario (rare)]
    • WESTERN CANADA: Canada [Saskatchewan (s.), Alberta, British Columbia]
    • NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Michigan (Isle Royale)]
    • NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Nebraska (n.w.), North Dakota, South Dakota (w.)]
    • NORTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming]
    • SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [New Mexico]
    • SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah]
    • Mexico (n.w.)

    Southern America
    • SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina, [Chubut, Neuquén, Santa Cruz] Chile (c.)


References:

  1. Alderson, J. & W. C. Sharp. 1995. Grass varieties in the United States, U.S.D.A. Agric. Handb. 170, rev. ed. CRC Press. Note: Revised version of AH 170
  2. Cronquist, A. et al. 1972-. Intermountain flora. Note: = Poa juncifolia
  3. Douglas, G. W. et al., eds. 1994. The vascular plants of British Colombia
  4. Englert, J. M. et al. 1999-. USDA-NRCS Improved conservation plant materials released by NRCS and cooperators
  5. Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson manual: higher plants of California
  6. Kartesz, J. T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland.
  7. Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
  8. Marsh, V. L. 1952. A taxonomic revision of the genus Poa of the United States and southern Canada. Amer. Midl. Naturalist 47:241.
  9. Martin, W. C. & C. R. Hutchins. 1980. A flora of New Mexico.
  10. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  11. Welsh, S. L. et al. 1993. A Utah flora.
  12. Zuloaga, F. O. et al. 1994. Catálogo de la familia Poaceae en la República Argentina. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 47
  13. 1961. Webster's third new international dictionary. Note: = Poa sandbergii

Check other web resources for Poa secunda J. Presl :

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://gringlobal.iita.org/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=29004. Accessed 1 July 2024.