Poaceae
Wood bluegrass
Poa nemoralis
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Poa
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Common names
By language (16)
- Arabic
- ارورا ابيض
- Catalan
- Pâturin des bois
- Chinese
- 林地早熟禾, 尖颖早熟禾, 疏穗林地早熟禾, 拉普兰早熟禾, 毛轴早熟禾, 拉扒早熟禾
- Czech
- Lipnice hajní
- Dutch
- Schaduwgras, Bosbeemdgras
- English
- Wood bluegrass, Woods bluegrass, Redtop
- Finnish
- Lehtonurmikka
- French
- Pâturin des bois
- German
- Hain-Rispengras, Pâturin des bois
- Icelandic
- Kjarrsveifgras
- Lithuanian
- Pâturin des bois
- Macedonian
- Бела полевица
- Polish
- Wiechlina gajowa
- Russian
- Мятлик дубравный, Мятлик лесной
- Swedish
- Pâturin des bois
- Welsh
- Gweunwellt y coed
Synonyms
- Agrestis alba (L.) Lunell
- Agrostis alba L.
- Agrostis alba f. alba
- Agrostis alba var. alba
- Agrostis aristata Sinclair ex Steud.
- Agrostis conferta Willd. ex Steud.
- Agrostis cremenica Besser ex Steud.
- Agrostis disticha Schweigg. ex Steud.
- Agrostis stolonifera f. alba (L.) Schur
- Agrostis stolonifera f. alba Neinshaus
- Agrostis stolonifera var. alba (L.) Lilj.
- Agrostis vulgaris var. alba (L.) Gatt.
- Aira elodes Brign.
- Aira helodec Steud.
- Aira helodes Steud.
- Aira petraea Bellardi ex Steud.
- Catabrosa elodes (Brign.) Roem. & Schult.
- Catabrosa helodes Roem. & Schult.
- Decandolia alba (L.) T.Bastard
- Eragrostis tenuis Steud.
- Festuca asperrima Hornem. ex Steud.
- Festuca depauperata Bertol.
- Milium album (L.) Lag.
- Milium vulgare var. album (L.) Mérat
- Paneion nemorale (L.) Lunell
- Poa acmocalyx Keng f. & L.Liu
- Poa adjarica (Sommier & Levier) A.P.Khokhr.
- Poa alexeenkoi (Tzvelev) Czerep.
- Poa angustifolia var. cinerea (Vill.) Mérat
- Poa angustifolia var. nemoralis (L.) Huds.
- Poa asperula Steud.
- Poa caespitosa Poir.
- Poa carpatica subsp. supramontana Bernátová, Májovský, Kliment & Topercer
- Poa cinerea Vill.
- Poa coarctata var. montana (Gaudin) DC.
- Poa debilis Thuill.
- Poa dubia Suter
- Poa eligulata Pavlov
- Poa firma Wormsk. ex Roem. & Schult.
- Poa firmula (Gaudin) Gray
and 109 more.
Flowers
- In flower
- April to May (from 322 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: introduced, Alaska: native, Canada: introduced, Canada: native, Greenland: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Jiří Podhorecký, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Ida B D Jacobsen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: ahabo, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Sarefo, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Clémentine Fromageot, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: pinkcherry, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: baranskyalexander, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.