Poaceae
Canada bluegrass
Poa compressa
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Poa
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Common names
By language (19)
- Belarusian
- Метлюжок сплюшчаны
- Bulgarian
- Сплескана ливадина
- Chinese
- 加拿大早熟禾, 扁桿早熟禾, 拿大早熟禾
- Czech
- Lipnice smáčknutá
- Dutch
- Plat beemdgras
- English
- Canada bluegrass
- Estonian
- Lapik nurmikas
- Finnish
- Litteänurmikka
- French
- Pâturin comprimé, Pâturin du Canada, Pâturin à tiges aplaties
- German
- Zusammengedrücktes Rispengras, Flaches Rispengras, Platthalm-Rispengras
- hsb
- Sucha lipnica, Rozlatk
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Flatrapp
- Persian
- علف چمن
- Polish
- Wiechlina spłaszczona
- Russian
- Мятлик сплюснутый
- Swedish
- Berggröe, Berggro
- Turkish
- Yassı salkım otu
- Ukrainian
- Тонконіг стиснутий
- Welsh
- Gweunwellt cywasgedig
Synonyms
- Paneion compressum (L.) Lunell
- Poa anceps C.Presl
- Poa cenisia subsp. sardoa Em.Schmid
- Poa compressa f. depauperata Millsp.
- Poa compressa subsp. langeana (Rchb.) Rouy
- Poa compressa subsp. langeana (Rchb.) Nyman
- Poa compressa subsp. langiana (Rchb.) Arcang.
- Poa compressa var. arenosa Schur
- Poa compressa var. collina Schur
- Poa compressa var. contracta Neilr.
- Poa compressa var. depauperata Mutel
- Poa compressa var. diffusa Neilr.
- Poa compressa var. effusa Ducommun
- Poa compressa var. erecta Gray
- Poa compressa var. expansa N.Böhling & H.Scholz
- Poa compressa var. langeana (Rchb.) W.D.J.Koch
- Poa compressa var. major K.Koch
- Poa compressa var. multiflora Döll
- Poa compressa var. muralis (Wibel) Heynh.
- Poa compressa var. pauciflora Gagnep.
- Poa compressa var. pauper K.Koch
- Poa compressa var. polynoda (Parn.) Syme
- Poa compressa var. polynoda (Parnell) Asch. & Graebn.
- Poa compressa var. subcompressa (Parn.) J.Woods
- Poa compressa var. sylvestris Torr.
- Poa compressa var. umbrosa Beck
- Poa compressa var. virescens d'Urv.
- Poa fertilis Hegetschw.
- Poa langeana Rchb.
- Poa leptostachya D.Don
- Poa muralis Wibel
- Poa pallens Poir.
- Poa planicularis F.H.Wigg.
- Poa planiculmis Weber
- Poa polynoda Parn.
- Poa polynoda var. denticulata Parn.
- Poa subcompressa Parn.
- Poa thurmanniana Friche-Joset & Montandon
Flowers
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: introduced, Canada: introduced, Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, St. Pierre and Miquelon: introduced
Photos
Photo: James K. Lindsey, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: raja babeja, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: KateVbg, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Andrzej Pasierbinski, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Daniel Bourget, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Ugoline Jacquot, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
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.