Poaceae
Plains bluegrass
Poa arida
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Poa
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Plains bluegrass
Synonyms
- Paneion aridum (Vasey) Lunell
- Paneion pratensiforme (Rydb.) Lunell
- Paneion pratericola Lunell
- Poa andina var. purpurea Vasey
- Poa fendleriana var. arida (Vasey) M.E.Jones
- Poa glaucifolia Scribn. & T.A.Williams
- Poa overi Rydb.
- Poa planifolia Scribn. & T.A.Williams
- Poa plattensis Rydb.
- Poa pratensiformis Rydb.
- Poa pratensis var. pseudopratensis M.E.Jones
- Poa pratericola Rydb. & Nash
- Poa pseudopratensis Scribn. & Rydb.
- Poa sheldonii Vasey
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.