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Kentucky Bluegrass
Poa pratensis
Family:
Grass (Poaceae)
AKA:
Common Meadow Grass
Photo taken on:
July 18, 2011
Location:
Taylor Canyon, GV, CO
Life Zones:
Plains to subalpine
Habitat:
Open or disturbed areas
Grows to 3 feet in tufts with wiry stems. Leaves are soft
and flat.
This is a common lawn grass.
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Flower spikes are greenish or purplish,
¼" long and flattened. The cluster makes an open pyramid shape.
Photo taken on:
July 13, 2012
Location:
Poverty Gulch, GV, CO
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Muttongrass
Poa fendleriana
Family:
Grass (Poaceae)
AKA:
Mutton Bluegrass
Photo taken on:
June 22, 2011
Location:
Apache Spring Trail, NM
Life Zones:
Montane
Habitat:
Moist slopes, woodlands
Grows to 2 ½ feet in tufts with a narrower, denser habit
than P. pratensis.
Flower spikes are about ⅜" long, somewhat
flattened, and contain 5 to 7 florets.
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Arctic Bluegrass
Poa arctica
Family:
Grass (Poaceae)
AKA:
Photo taken on:
May 4, 2016
Location:
Rim Vista Trail, Carson NF, NM
Life Zones:
Montane to alpine
Habitat:
Rocky slopes, tundra
Grows to 12" in tufts with a narrower habit
than P. pratensis.
Leaves are basal and narrow. Flowers grow in a pyramid shaped cluster
with slender purple to bronze flower spikes. They are about ½" long and contain
3 to 6 florets.
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Inland Bluegrass
Poa nemoralis subsp. interior
Family:
Grass (Poaceae)
AKA:
Photo taken on:
April 3, 2017
Location:
Red Wash Canyon, Abiquiu, NM
Life Zones:
Plains to montane
Habitat:
Dry open woods
Grows to 2 feet tall with stiff stems which can be
purplish towards the base. Narrow leaves grow in a dense tuft from the
base. Flower heads are narrow clusters of purplish-green spikelets.
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